Creating audio for another Captivate project

I am using Captivate v5.5
I have been asked to create the audio for a project that is being created by another person in our organisation.
They will send me a word document with the script - slide by slide.
As I do not have any other means of recording audio on my pc, my initial thought was to create a blank project in Captivate v5.5 and name and export each slide audio to a folder and then pass these on in order that they can import them to their project.
I am in UK and the project owner is in Switzerland - just FYI.
Does that sound like the best way or is there a smarter way?
Thanks in advance
Noel

Hi katwebwitch and welcome to our community
I know this doesn't really help your situation, but when you
choose to import slides from one project to another, the optimal
results are achieved when both are sized identically.
One possible way to try it differently is to open two
different instances of Captivate. Each has a different project
open. Then copy the desired slide from one and paste into the
other.
Beyond that, you may wish to resize one of them so it matches
the other. (Project > Resize Project) Then try the import or the
copy/paste. And if you need to keep the project the same size and
not resize, you would first click File > Save As... and save a
"throwaway" copy of the project. Resize it long enough to get the
slide(s) you need, import or copy, then trash the resized project.
Hopefully something here was helpful... Rick

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