Delaying a triggered object

Hi,
I have an advanced action that is showing a caption and playing triggered audio. I also have that action triggering the display of a Forward button. However, I want the Forward button to be delayed so that it doesn't display until the triggered audio is complete. Right now, I have the Forward button delayed on the timeline, but if a learner waits to click on those buttons, the Forward button will display immediately. If they click the buttons immediately, then the Forward button displays when I want it to.
What would be the best way to accomplish this without having it show up immediately?

Thanks, Lieve. I just tried that. I had my two buttons display 3.5 seconds after the slide started...that button triggers the advanced action. I set the pause on those buttons to 0.5 seconds. My Forward button is set to display at 17 seconds.
As before, if I wait to click the first or second button, it's still bringing my Forward button in too early. But if I click these two buttons right away, it's bringing it on time.
What did I do wrong here?

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Thanks!
The rig - 2x2.5s 1.5g running FCP 5.0.3

Yes, you can. In the View menu you can switch the audio so it doesn't follow the video. In System Settings go to the Playback Options tab and use the Frame Offset value to change the delay between the audio output and the video monitor. Be warned though this can cause a response delay when triggering start/stop functions.

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