Starting and stopping playback

In order to start, stop or pause timeline playback, you can choose from a number of different options.

Start playback Space bar (...press again to change to Pause Mode) or by hitting the F5 key.
Start playback with the mouse Click the gray area of a track, hold the left mouse key and right-click in addition to this. This method is well suited for combination with Locator positioning.
Stop playback Esc key, pressing Esc again terminates full screen mode, Further keys compatible with PowerPoint

...simultaneous pressing of Ctrl and Pause.
Stop with a mouse-click one click in the timeline will do (...locked in Presentation Mode)
Activate Pause Mode PageUp key or space bar (when playback is running), Futher keys compatible with PowerPoint

...keys Page Up, Cursor left and the Backspace key.
Resume paused playback Enter key or space bar, Further keys compatible with PowerPoint

...keys Page Down, Cursor right or Cursor down.
A show can be paused at a specific point and setting Pause Markers in the timeline. See Markers.
Alternatives: At the top of the timeline you can find buttons for Play, Pause and Stop. Show buttons.

No editing is possible in Pause Mode. Stop playback by clicking in the timeline or by pressing Esc.
From the Pause Mode, the show is continued without any delay because not status information needs to be transferred.
If you press the space bar immediately upon stopping via the Esc key, playback is resumed at the location where it was started last. A sort of loop playback is created.
Playback stops automatically 10 seconds after the last active object. The Autostop period can be changed in the Timeline Properties. See Timeline Properties.
When there is a video track in Exclusive Mode in the project, pressing F5 causes the presentation video to be started in fullscreen mode.
Presentation of a show can be started from a position marker. But it is also possible to jump to the previous or next marker. See Playback from position marker.
In Editing Mode it is now possible to jump to any markers in the timeline by holding Shift + Ctrl and hitting the curser keys or . By highlighting marker tracks the number of markers selectable as targets can be limited.