"Back" functionality in playback control

Hi,
I've published my output in Captivate 3. A strange occurrence: sometimes, when I click "back" in succession in the playback control, the previous slides are displayed and sometimes the movie gets stuck on a certain slide and is unable to go backwards.
Any explanation for this?
Thanks, DGR

Hi there
Just thinking about this from a logical standpoint.
You have a playhead that is in motion moving from frame to frame. Along the way it may be stopped at various places awaiting some interaction or it may suddenly be moved to a different position. So repeated (and possibly fast) clicks on the back button might possibly confuse the issue. For example, if the playhead reached a point where it was suddenly supposed to skip to a different slide and you happened to click Back to move it to the skip ahead point. I could see that causing confusion.
All this is pure speculation. But I'm wondering if it's having a play in the scenario you are listing.
Cheers... Rick
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