Modify effect speed activated by Advanced Action

Hello,
I created a motion path which I activate by advanced action on a button click. The movement is too slow and I would like to reduce the amount of time it takes to occur by half. I've opened the xml file hoping to locate numbers I could modify to increase the speed. Any suggestions? Following is the xml for the motion path.
I am working on a mac using Captivate 7.
thank you,
Nancy
<effect_sequence item_duration="3.0">
<effect name="RightToLeft-Ease" display_duration="2.0" appear_after="0.0" enabled="1">
<Motion xmlns="fl.motion.*" xmlns:geom="flash.geom.*" xmlns:filters="flash.filters.*" duration="60">
<source>
<Source frameRate="30" x="351.7" y="75.2" scaleX="1" scaleY="1" rotation="0" elementType="movie clip" instanceName="abc" symbolName="Symbol 1">
<dimensions>
<geom:Rectangle left="-97" top="-50" width="97" height="50">
</geom:Rectangle>
</dimensions>
<transformationPoint>
<geom:Point x="0.5030927835051546" y="0.506">
</geom:Point>
</transformationPoint>
</Source>
</source>
<effect_config effect_type="motion_path">
<config_item display_name="Ease:">
<effect_property type="number" property_value="EASE" default_value="0" valid_range="{{-100,100}}" decimal_places="0" modifiers="{offset:0,multiplier:0.01}" increment="1" value="0">
</effect_property>
</config_item>
</effect_config>
<Keyframe index="0" tweenSnap="true" tweenSync="true" x="0.00000000" y="0.00000000">
<tweens>
<SimpleEase ease="EASE">
</SimpleEase>
</tweens>
</Keyframe>
<Keyframe index="59" tweenSnap="true" tweenSync="true" x="-362.50000000" y="1.50000000">
</Keyframe>
</Motion>
</effect>
</effect_sequence>

How about this?
<Motion duration="61" xmlns="fl.motion.*" xmlns:geom="flash.geom.*" xmlns:filters="flash.filters.*">
          <source>
                    <Source frameRate="24" x="0" y="0" scaleX="1" scaleY="1" rotation="0" elementType="graphic" symbolName="Tween 1">
                              <dimensions>
                                        <geom:Rectangle left="-25.5" top="-16.5" width="51" height="33"/>
                              </dimensions>
                              <transformationPoint>
                                        <geom:Point x="0.5" y="0.5"/>
                              </transformationPoint>
                    </Source>
          </source>
          <Keyframe index="0" tweenSnap="true">
                    <tweens>
                              <SimpleEase ease="1"/>
                    </tweens>
          </Keyframe>
          <Keyframe index="30" x="-362" y="1.5" scaleX="1.1" scaleY="1.1"/>
          <Keyframe index="60" blank="true"/>
</Motion>

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