Publishing a project with Quiz slides in it

I am using Captivate 2. My project contains 6 quiz slides at
the end of the project. When I publish this project, and then view
the output, the whole project goes straight from slide 1 to the
last slide!!! If I remove the quiz slides and then publish, things
work fine. Has anyone faced this problem? Why am I unable to
publish and view projects with Quiz slides in it? I publish my
projects in the Exe mode.

Hi dev_trainer and welcome to our community
This issue seems to have a familiar ring to it. Echoes from a
year or more back. I'm thinking that you may need to think about
upgrading the version of the Flash player used to present your
Captivate. First, check to see which version is installed. That's
easy enough to do. Just right-click the Captivate as it is playing
and check the version. Then try visiting the Adobe site and
upgrading. See if that solves the issue.
Cheers... Rick

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