Question slides text looks blurred

I am doing a quiz in captivate. For the question and answers
i used transparent captions. When i published movie the text looks
blurred. So i applied highlight colour for the text but it takes
only for the question. It does not get applied for the answer text.
Can anyone tell me how to get rid of the blurred text?

Hi there opspl
I'm doubtful you will find a way past this. However, I'll
pitch a long shot. Try clicking Edit > Preferences... (if you
have Captivate 3) and click the Project node. Once you do this,
place a check mark in the "Don't Anti-alias Captions". This is a
global setting and *may* influence the outcome.
Cheers... Rick

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