Text Caption help

Hello Captivate Gurus,
I am not sure if this is a glitch, but I am trying to include
a transparent text caption and it does not appear when I publish my
project. I have transparent captions throughout the project, so I
am not sure why this particular one does not work. I do have two
animations, 1 JPG, and a button.
My 7-second slide is as followed:
1 JPG that appears on the screen the entire length of the
slide
1 transparent text caption that is supposed to be on the
screen the entire length of the slide (not appearing)
2 text animations (one that is on the screen the entire
length of the slide, and one that appears after 3 seconds)
1 button that moves you to the next slide (appears after 4
seconds and is paused after 1.5 seconds; appears for the remainder
of the slide until someone clicks)
I know that sometimes transparent text captions won't work
with buttons, but in my case the button doesn't even appear until 4
seconds into the slide. The text caption is supposed to be there
the whole time. Any thoughts?
Thanks for the help!
Nicole
One more thing--The text caption DOES appear when I preview
the slide, but not when the project is published.

Hi again Nicole
(sometimes when I don't highlight the text in a transparent
caption, it comes out looking odd)
The "oddness" you are seeing is probably anti-aliasing. One
way past that is highlighting, as you have seen. Another way is to
press Enter a couple of times after the last line of text. Then
apply a bullet to that last line. Then size the caption so you
don't see the bullet.
I've seen quirky behavior with Captivate 3 and layering. But
yours is the first report I think I've seen where a transparent
caption simply isn't appearing.
Out of curiosity, have you ensured there isn't a Button,
Click Box or Text Entry Box object causing the slide to pause
before the Caption has had a chance to appear?
Cheers... Rick

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