Keynote - stabilising synchronised music and slides in slideshow

I have made a self-playing Keynote slideshow with a (GarageBand) music track on loop. Although I have timed it, tried it for synchronising image and music, saved it exactly as I want it, it seems impossible to keep this synchronisation on playback. Images may appear early or late in relation to the music, which spoils the effects I'm looking for. Does anyone have any suggestions about how I can remedy this? I have tried recording, with voiceover on mute, and saving as a QuickTime movie, but this may still not preserve synchronisation; besides, the movie is jerky on dissolve and animations. Looking forward to a resolution. Thanks.

Gary, many thanks for your prompt reply and the advice, which I shall certainly try. You might have thought, though, that music (timed) and slideshow (timed) starting at precisely the same time and running simultaneously would have kept up with each other. There is no guarantee, it seems to me, that pprecisely the same timings for slides and soundtrack will prevent drift in the middle, but I do feel that your advice is definitely good.
My camera club colleagues are hugely impressed with my Keynote presentations and several have been switching from PC to Mac. (They obviously don't know what they can do with PowerPoint). Come on Apple, what about integrating iPhoto and Keynote? Or introducing synchronisation? It so happens that I have been using Apple computers since before there were Macs, and have always used Macs, and am unlikely to change now, but it would be nice to have a complete package instead of something being kept back for an upgrade to generate further Apple income. I know it's a business, and that everybody's at it, but here's an opportunity for a USP. Apple has already had quite enough of my money!
Again, thanks. I am assuming that this is the answer to my query.

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