Zoom Area Blank in Captivate 5

I am trying to use a zoom area in a slide, but the zoom destination area appears blank (actually as a blue box) instead of the intended zoom area. I noticed that if I remove a callout and text animation from the slide, the zoom area works, but once I add it back, the zoom area appears blue again. Is this a bug? Do I have to separate these into 2 slides? Or is there a workaround?
Any help is appreciated. (A preview of the slide is attached).

Hi,
Change the Effect of the text animation in General accordion of Property Inspector and see whether it resolves the issue.
Thanks,
Vikranth

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