InDesign interactive question...

I have encountered a problem recently with InDesign interactive that I wasn't aware of up till now. When I position objects on the screen, that have motion applied, if they are placed in the same position on another page with no motion applied, they preview out of position... i.e they look visually different. Up or down a few pixels. I've even noticed that images and items are positioned where I want them in the X and Y coordinates – then when exporting they look out of position??? This is really causing me a lot of vexation at this point as I was working on a project for months when I just noticed some of this. Why does an item that is placed exactly where I want it, appear different when exported out as a swf and previewed. Is this something I wasn't aware of with pixel preview or something??? Anyone encountered this, and is there a way around it.
Thanks!

CreateSmart wrote:
Basically if you create 4 objects, say squares... and turn them into buttons and position them on a page. Then apply motion to them, say fly in from right. If you take those same 4 buttons and position them on another page in the exact same position with no motion applied... when you export the 2 pages out, the page with the buttons that have motion applied is shifted 2-3 pixels up! So say you want the buttons to fly in from the right initially but on subsequent pages you want them to be fixed in their position. The buttons with motion applied after exporting are shifting or not exactly in the same position as the non - moving buttons. Needless to say that's not acceptable for presentation purposes. It's visible! Apparently I never noticed it because I was applying motion to all pages... Very disturbing as I use InDesign a lot for interactive stuff. Maybe a bug... not sure but I'd love to figure out what the problem is and or ask Adobe about it. Too bad you can't just call em' up on the phone anymore...
As Peter S said, it's also completely outside my workflow. However, a thought popped up: have you tried creating the objects on a master page that's applied to the particular document pages involved, then releasing (aka "override them locally") them on the page where you'll apply animation? If not, give it a try and let the forum know the results.
HTH
Regards,
Peter Gold
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