Simple preloader in AS3 - HELP

Hi,
Could anyone please point me in the direction or tell me how
to build a simple preloader in AS3/PlashPlayer 9.
I'd just like to have a movie clip in frame one which
animates until the rest of the timeline has loaded, then once
loaded go to frame 2.
I've had a look in the doucumentation and around the web to
find something but can't find anything that works and I'm finding
it quite hard.
Thanks in advance

These screen captures show the library of the movie. As you can see I export the most of them. However I have doubts about if I must convert to symbol the graphics. I have the preloader in the "presentación" folder without any exportation.
Please, Could you correct the website?. Please, tell me an e-mail address and I send you the website via WeTransfer.

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