Anamorphic sequence question

Hi, I'm working with anamorphic footage in a project. If a sequence has been edited in a non-anamorphic sequence in the same project, is there a way to copy the edited footage to an anamorphic sequence without it coming in with added black bars?
thanks very much.

When you copy the anamorphic material to the anamorphic sequence, the material should be fine. If there is any distortion, load the clip into the VIEWER and select the MOTION tab>DISTORTION and change the RATIO to 0 (zero)
good luck.
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For the moment partial scoring (as I'm calling it) is not possible in Captivate, at least not in the included Question slides. If you want that feature, and you are certainly not alone, please fill in a Feature Request to get this feature on the priority list of the Adobe team.
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