Adobe Captivate 5.5 Simulation Slide Issue

Hello everyone,
Recently we recorded 7 separate simulations in Captivate 5.5.
We created a new Captivate 5.5 project and interjected these simulations throughout.
When playing them back, the first simulation does not play the first slide of its series. 
The audio is correct, but nothing is showing on the slide.
I've been through many iterations of solutions and sometimes it will show the next slide, but still have the audio from the current.
Please provide any helpful feedback to overcome this issue.
Thank you 

How did you 'interject', by copy/pasting those slides in the main project?
Lilybiri

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