Editing audio adds silent sections to other slides

I have Captivate 7. The audio was created as narration at the time of recording the video (slides). I am using Demonstration mode.
When I edit the project audio, let's say in frame 2, blank spaces are added into other frames of the audio file. Often this occurs in the middle of a word so that the audio is now stuttering. It seems to happen in random sections of the audio.
Editing can also cause timing problems. My frame positions move their placement along the audio, i.e. sometimes after editing in one location a word (in a different location of the audio) will be split between two frames when prior to editing the word was completely in one frame.
Every time I fix an issue in one area it causes a new issue to occur in another area of the audio. I shouldn't to have to export the audio to freeware in order to get my project completed. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

It sounds like you recorded your audio in one go and spread it across all slides (perhaps during the actual capture session) rather than recording slide by slide.
You need to break your audio into separate chunks. One clip per slide is the ideal.
If you go to each specific slide and move the audio clip there away from the beginning of the slide at least one tenth of a second, and create a similar gap at the end of the slide, then Captivate will break up your audio into multiple clips. This will then allow you to edit audio on one slide without affecting other slides or their timing.
If you want 300 more troubleshooting tips for Cp, you'll need to read the book:
http://www.infosemantics.com.au/troubleshoot-adobe-captivate

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