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Hi all o/

I'm currently attempting my first WB skin, using SkinStudio (registered), and mostly it's going great, but...

I'm having endless hassles with the drop down menus, I keep tweaking and fiddling but they never seem to come out right.
Specifically: I'm finding that unless I use really teeny fonts some of the items don't fit into the background and some of the items text overlaps with it's keyboard shortcut.
Also, how can I configure the colour (color!) of the arrows for those items with pop outs?
And finally, the image I created for the mouseover state for items won't stretch to the full width of the menu.

Can someone enlighten me as to the error of my ways? Or point me to some web resources other than the standard tutorial at Stardock..

Thx in advance, and until the next time I come begging for guidance o/