Target screwing up vars?

ActionScript Code:
[FONT=Courier New][LEFT][COLOR=#0000ff]_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]menu1[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]main[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]button1[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]Place[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#ff0000]“Anims”[/COLOR];</p>
<p>_root.[COLOR=#000080]menu1[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]main[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]button2[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]Place[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#ff0000]“Bio’s”[/COLOR];</p>
<p>_root.[COLOR=#000080]menu1[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]main[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]button3[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000ff]_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]Place[/COLOR] = [COLOR=#ff0000]“Games”[/COLOR];</p>
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I have that on the timeline inside a modifided version of claudio’s scroller. Inside the “main” MC i have an animation of buttons coming into view. In Each button I have a dynamic text box with a Var name of _root.Place. How can I get each of the buttons to diplay the correct text?