function newImage(arg) {
        if (document.images) {
                rslt = new Image();
                rslt.src = arg;
                return rslt;
        }
}

function changeImages() {
        if (document.images && (preloadFlag == true)) {
                for (var i=0; i<changeImages.arguments.length; i+=2) {
                        document[changeImages.arguments[i]].src = changeImages.arguments[i+1];
                }
        }
}

var preloadFlag = false;
function preloadImages() {
        if (document.images) {
                index_01_over = newImage("images/index_01-over.gif");
                index_02_over = newImage("images/index_02-over.gif");
                index_03_over = newImage("images/index_03-over.gif");
                index_04_over = newImage("images/index_04-over.gif");
                index_05_over = newImage("images/index_05-over.gif");
                index_06_over = newImage("images/index_06-over.gif");
                index_07_over = newImage("images/index_07-over.gif");
                extra1 = newImage("images/extra1.gif");
                preloadFlag = true;
        }
}