Rollover Area top of timeline, but underneath text

Good Day (and Good Friday),
My Rollover Area is at the very top of the timeline, but there are Text Captions that are displaying over it (can see this in Captivate, and when running project). Attached is an image of this. I'm guessing I'm missing something simple, but I want the Rollover to display on top of everything else. Any ideas?
Thanks,
-Matt

Hi Lilybiri,
That was it! Thanks for your help. I now realize that not just the "rollover area" can be Z-ordered (bring to front/back), but also the rollover text (highlighted in red in my image) can also be Z-ordered. But it looks like the rollover text does not show in the Timeline, which was the confusing part. Got it now.
Thanks again
-Matt

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