to allow static text to appear over SWF files... If you need static text buttons layer over a flash movie file, then this is for you... add this to your CSS <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> Code (markup): So your Object code will look like this: <td><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="990" height="270" wmode="transparent"> <param name="movie" value="longrancheswest.swf"> <param name=quality value=high> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <embed src="longrancheswest.swf" width="990" height="270" quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed> </object></script></td> Code (markup): This will actually make the SWF transparent to where your static text will be... : )