Image Resizing on XML Import

HI there,
I have a Captivate 5.5 project and when I simply export an XML and immediately import again my buttons resize automatically for some reason.
Has anyone come across this before?
IMAGE BEFORE BELOW
IMAGE AFTER IMPORT
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Keith

Hello again
I'm a bit confused. I'm sure that the client is always right, but what is gained by exporting as XML, doing nothing, then importing the XML right back in? Sounds like a flaky workflow to me. And maybe that's what is confusing Captivate. If no changes have been made to anything, perhaps it's getting confused.
Cheers... Rick
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<UID>7</UID>
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<Finish>2014-10-04T08:00:00</Finish>
<Unit>2</Unit>
<Value>PT8H0M0S</Value>
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... and to an assignment:
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<ResourceUID>-65535</ResourceUID>
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<UID>7</UID>
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<Finish>2014-10-17T17:00:00</Finish>
<Unit>2</Unit>
<Value>PT8H0M0S</Value>
</TimephasedData>
Eventually, the second file also does load with no external file links indicated.
Again, I'm just looking for anything that might be a clue to the long Project Server load times.
Thanks in advance,
LP

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