Captivate 5 - Screens won't advance in preview and publish

Hi,
I have just started using Captivate 5 and I am working on some courses that are about a mobile software application so I am capturing the screen shots in a small size and then want to rescale the project to a larger size so I can put other content on the slide. After recording the screen captures, I have gone into to Modify... Rescale Project. I leave the Maintain Aspect Ratio Checked and choose the Preset size of 790 x 545. I click the Keep Project the same size and position in the project and leave the Position Project at Center and click Finish. When I go to preview the course most of the screens will be in the correct position but some of the screens are in the upper left portion of the screen while the mouse movements stay in the correct position on the slide and the previous slide also shows in the center of the screen. Very Frustrating! Can anyone give me any ideas? I need to create 11 of these courses and this is a major stumbling block.
If this feature doesn't work does anyone have any other work arounds?
Thanks,
Tracy

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