All .swf audio plays on slide 1 when published as swf file!

Help!
I am trying to publish a series of projects (seven) as swf files to upload to moodle for a CBT course. This is my first time ever using Captivate in this way and when I go to view the outputs using a web browser, all of the audio for the imbedded flash files in the project plays on top of each other on the first slide. They will also play as they are supposed to during the course, but it's very annoying.
When I publish the project as a standalone file, everything works flawlessly. What is causing this and how can I fix it? I must also state that I outsourced the flash work and know next to nothing about flash, so any help you give that might involve that piece, I will have to pass on to the flash developer.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
EDIT: Captivate 3.0.1 Not sure what version of Flash.

Was there ever a typing text object anywhere in your project that you delete at one time? I remember from Cp3 that when it would capture a typing text animation from a capture session, that you could never truly delete the object from the slide, only hide it (not sure if it's the same in Cp4, I recently jumped to Cp5).
When in doubt, I would do Insert > Blank Slide, then re-create the audio/objects from your current slide 1 and insert/paste onto the blank slide, then blow away the problematic slide 1, then republish and see if that helps!

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