:confused; I am trying to create a file with Adobe Flash Professional where I
would like to upload a series of maps of the world at different years through
time. I have had no problems doing that. I was able to upload them to the
stage. However, I would like to add a timeline across the top of the years so
that I can view the different years with a moveable arrow and I would like to
set up a pop-up text box explaining the events of each particular year. I am
having great difficulty setting that up and the tutorials are confusing. Can
anyone show me how to do this? I would be most grateful for a step by step
explanation of how to set this up.

Could you describe how the arrow is supposed to be working in this scenario in
terms of visuals and user interaction, and what the timeline looks like? Is
there any way you can make what you have done so far available online for
viewing?

I want to create something very similar to the flash map on this web page:

www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/empire/map/

This is an example of exactly what we want to create.