Instance Name with Hyphens

On a previous Flash 8 project, I used hyphens “-” all over the place as instance names. Now, I switched to CS3, and they don’t allow hyphens as part of the instance names. I’ve used it too many times to replace, especially in frame labels. And replacing select hyphens would be a pain to do, since I have just about a hundred. Is it possible to name something with a hyphen the traditional way?

I’ve found an Actionscript way by doing “_name = about-home” but it becomes hard to check and modify.