Audio getting scrambled

Twice in the past week with two different files I've experienced the following:
I record audio for the e-learning.
I save everything and double-check that the correct audio is on the correct slide.
The audio gets "processed" somehow - generally as a part of closing the file (though today this happened as I attempted to save while I was troubleshooting).
I re-open the file and the audio files are scrambled. What I mean by this is all 3 of the following things are happening:
the wrong audio is attached to all of the slides and it usually involves the same 4 or 5 recordings being reattached to various slides in the presentation
looking at the files in the library there are multiple files with different names but the same recording (even though before I closed the files of the names I am looking at had different audio associated with them)
some of my recorded audio is missing altogether (I'm assuming it somehow gets copied over by the repeated audio I mention above).
I currently use Captivate 5.5. I'm recording one slide at a time using the slide audio function.
I'm able to recover a majority of the "good" audio from my files because I have Symantec backup on my laptop and I restore to a version from before I closed the file.
All this rework is painful. Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening and how to resolve it?
Thank you for your time and attention.
Amanda

This sounds like your project has become corrupted in some way and the unique IDs for slides and audio files are getting scrambled in Captivate's internal tracking database.
I would recommend you export your audio files out of the project, rename each file using Windows Explorer, start a brand new project file, and reimport the audio files to each new slide in the new project.
If you've by any chance been working over a network LAN link or NOT working locally on project files stored on your own hard drive (I'm not saying you have), then please abandon this practice from now on. It's a recipe for corrupted projects.

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