Captivate playbar double-skipping slides

I am having issues with the default captivate playbar double-skipping slides when moving forwards or backwards in the playbar in a SCORM odule converted from pptx.
I have tried with different playbars in skins and having the same problem.
Please help!

Hi there
That's typical behavior for the playbar. It traverses from slide to slide.
What you could do is to forego the Captivate supplied playbar and use your own buttons that you program as you want. You simply insert them on each slide and configure as desired.
Cheers... Rick
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