Combining Rollover Caption and Click Box?

Hi all,
I wonder if anybody can solve this problem please.
I am creating an interactive simulation to familarize users
with a clients new web app.
For each button, I have created a roll over caption (which
describes the button when rolled over). I have also put a click box
in the exact same place. When clicked, it takes the user to a
different slide which shows the effects of the click.
After the user is done with the slide, I have created a
button which wil take them back to the original slide.
The problem is, on going back to the original slide, the
rollover caption still appear on screen. It disappears eventually
after a user rolls over and out of the button.
I have figured out that it must be because:
1)the user rolls over the area and the caption appears
2)if he rolls out, then it disappears
3)BUT if the user rolls over the hotspot and clicks the click
box, then the Rollover caption never registers the mouse rolling
out of the hotspot, because the presentation jumps to another
slide.
So when you return to the original slide, the caption
remains. As I said, it disappears eventually but looks very
unprofessional.
Please please can anybody help? This is driving me crazy! Is
there any way around it at all?

Rollover Persistence Bug?
Can't post my project unfortunately. But trust me, I know
what I am doing :) kind of...
My rollover + buttons have a bug with the rollover, much the
same as isanmiguel. Going "up" is no problem, works as expected.
Going back to previous slides is a problem in that the rollover
from the previous screen is displayed under the "new" rollover.
This happens even when I move the rollover (ala Captiv8r's
recommendation). The "bad" rollover does NOT display when
navigating, it simply "appears" underneath (or in plain view when I
moved rollover away from button) when arriving at earlier slide.
Structure: 5 Slide project explaining website GUI. Three tabs
have rollovers + click boxes allowing interactive explanation. All
clips are 3.0 seconds, with an invisible button to side pausing
clip at 1.5 sec.
This behavior is not what I would expect, any recommendations
please? Perhaps I should be doing something different?
BTW, I just checked the "hover previous slide" thread, and
noted that going "back in time" is not handled well by Captivate 2.
So much for interactive sandboxes where user could "construct"
learning at their own pace by interacting with a non-linear
workspace. Sigh, it works in PowerPoint. (I did not import from
ppt)

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