Captivate 4 Files double in size when upgraded to Captivate 5

I noticed when I looked at converting my Adobe Captivate 4 files to Adobe Captivate 5 that the files doubled in size (one went from 30 MB up to 90 MB). At http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2010/10/cptx_file_size.html, Adobe mentions that they know about the issue, and plan to resolve it in a "future" release. I have already applied the 5.0.1 patch recently released, but still have the same issue.
Any suggestions on how to resolve this, or when a patch might be released that does?
Thanks.

Hi there,
Patch does not address the size reduction issue. Can you share your 30 MB Cp4 project ?
Please upload the same to acrobat.com and email me the download link. My email id is ashwin at adobe dot com
Thanks,
Ashwin Bharghav B
Adobe Captivate Team

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