Pre-flight Report lists Non-Opaque Objects in InD CS3?

In the preflight report there was mention of Non-Opaque objects. Why is this bad, how can I recognize that this is an issue and how do I fix the problem. I researched a bit and found suggestions to make separate layers for the text/lines and images with the text and lines above the image. Then when the page is flattened in the PDF process, the resolution should be better. I still do not know how to recognize that there would be an issue. Please help.

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          icon      = ''
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          text      = ''
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         }...seems to work fine now. Perhaps you should also add methods or additional constructors so the user can easily change the transparency level...and add some javadoc comments to your constructors ...at a first glance I did not know what fullTrans was
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