Some text caption prefs not reflected in recorded project

In Captivate 5:
Among others, I have set the following preferences prior to recording:
Font size: 12pt
Vertical alignment: Top
Display for: Rest of slide
The text captions in the resulting recording show the following:
Font size: 19pt
Vertical alignment: Middle
Display for: Specific time
Any ideas as to why some of the text caption prefs are not being applied to the recording (while some are)?
Many thanks.

Absolutely. Here are screen captures to clarify:
Settings in Prefs and Object Style Manager prior to recording:
Properties of text caption in resulting recorded project (notice some settings match while the three identified [Size, Vertical alignment, and Display for] do not):

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