Not Capturing All windows

This is my first exposure to Captivate, so there's a good
chance I'm missing something basic.
But I am trying to capture a series of actions that involve
windows opening and mouse actions in demo mode, but it continually
drops key parts of the process, misses content filling the windows,
and skips many mouse actions.
I've tried on both a PC and a Mac running on Parallels and
have gotten the same results. In full motion record we do get the
action we want, but we're hoping to use the demo mode for importing
into flash and editing capability there.
Can anyone help? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Hi Doug
Is what you are recording by chance web based? If so, here is
likely what is happening. In a web based situation, it is often the
case where you click a link and a command is issued to a server.
The server then has to process the command and feed a screen or
data back to the originating PC. This may happen fast enough that
you don't really notice it much. But in the world of Captivate,
Captivate is running very quickly on your PC. It sensed the click
and snapped the picture. The problem is, the screen often hasn't
had time to populate fully or at all. This provides the illusion
that Captivate is missing things, when in reality, it's simply
being very quick and efficient.
The trick is to supplement the automatic capture process with
manual captures. You may force a manual capture at any time by
pressing the key assigned to Print Screen.
Hopefully this was helpful... Rick

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