Powerpoint animations pausing in Captivate 7

I am importing a .pptx powerpoint to Captivate 7. This powerpoint contains animations that are timed with narration, which has been added after the powerpoint had been imported. However, the animations seem to pause or "get stuck" at the same points each time.
The animations had been added after importing, and I have also tried to create a new project with the new powerpoint file that contained the animations. Powerpoint has also been imported using high fidelity, imported with slides to proceed on click, and imported a different time in a new project with slides to proceed automatically. Animations in powerpoint are set to play automatically (after previous instead of on click) and work fine in powerpoint. Audio has been added and removed to see if the audio was an issue. I have previewed (F4) the project and published to an .exe file to test, but nothing seems to work - the animations continue to pause mid-animation each time. However, the animations seem to work when previewing just the individual slide (F3)
Any thoughts or suggestions why this is happening?
Thanks!
Diana

Hello!
I have the animations set to "with previous" - I have also tried "after previous":
Here is the timeline in Captivate:
I have also tried to create a separate slide within Captivate and add animations and effects there, but these pause mid-animation as well.
Thanks!
Diana

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