Drop Shadow Disappears at End of Slide?

Hi all,
I know I've got something configured wrong because some of my drop shadows do hang around until the end of the slide.
Here's the scoop: I've got an text caption and I applied a drop shadow to it in CP5 Mac. In the effect panel, the shadow is on the stage with the caption at all times. It definitely goes to the end of the slide. Also, the text caption is on the slide until the end of the slide (set to display for rest of slide). The slide transition on the panel is a 1 second fade-in only effect.
Why does my drop shadow fade out before my slide goes away?
Thanks,
Kevin

Thanks for getting involved, Mr TD.
Here are the answers to your questions:
- Which caption do you use (e.g. BlueHalo)?
This is a custom text caption I created. It's obviously been placed in the
correct directory and works fine - just like the Adobe captions.
- is this the only effect you are using?
On this particular object, yes.
- any kind of widget you are using?
No.
- How long is the text staying on stage?
About 15 seconds.
- Does it start from the beginning of the slide?
The text caption fades in after a few seconds. All is well until the end
of the slide.
- Is it your default caption style?
No.
- Settings of the font?
Verdana 18 and 14 point in the caption.
- Is Timing "rest of Slide"?
Timing is rest of slide.
Does this information suggest anything to you?
Kevin

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