function doPreload()
{

   var the_images = new Array(	'img/menu1_01.png',
   								'img/menu1_02.png',
								'img/menu1_03.png',
								'img/menu1_04.png',
								'img/menu1_05.png',
								'img/menu1_06.png',
								'img/menu1_07.png',
								'img/menu3_01.png',
								'img/menu3_02.png',
								'img/menu3_03.png',
								'img/menu3_04.png',
								'img/menu3_05.png',
								'img/menu3_06.png',
								'img/menu3_07.png');
   preloadImages(the_images);
}

function preloadImages(the_images_array) {

   for(var loop = 0; loop < the_images_array.length; loop++)
	
   {
 	var an_image = new Image();
	an_image.src = the_images_array[loop];
   }
}