# I must be a total idiot...instances from the library

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**Created:** [January 13, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-must-be-a-total-idiot-instances-from-the-library/175344 "2006-01-13T15:34:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![lariat1997](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df705f/32.png) [@lariat1997](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lariat1997)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-must-be-a-total-idiot-instances-from-the-library/175344/1 "2006-01-13T15:34:21Z")

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Hey All,

Haven’t used Flash in a few months and came across an embarrasing problem. I’ve created the “up” and “down” states of a button in photoshop. I’ve imported those 2 images into Flash and created a button out of them.

So I’ve got this dummy button in the library. I dragged 3 instances of the button onto my stage. I now want to add different text to each button. Why is it that when I double-click on the button to edit it, the same changes affect the other 2 buttons?

Thanks.