Configure the playback and navigation parameters of your player.

On restart

Set up the playback of the course when reopened.

  • Prompt to resume: When reopening the presentation, users will be able to choose from two options: to either continue the previous session or to play the presentation from the beginning

  • Always resume: The course is always resumed from where it had been previously interrupted

  • Always start over: The course is always played from the beginning

Navigation type

Select the type of course navigation:

  • Free: Users can view any slide of your presentation in any order. This type of navigation is selected by default

  • Limited: Learners can advance to the next slide according to the branching settings and return to slides that have already been viewed

  • Forward Only: Users can advance to the next slide after they viewed the current one
Navigation

Choose which elements are switched when Prev and Next buttons are clicked.

  • By slides: By clicking Prev or Next, learners will move to the previous and next slide, respectively

  • By animations: When Prev or Next is clicked, the previous and next animation set to be shown on click is displayed
Enable keyboard navigation   

Enable or disable the presentation playback with your keyboard. The following keystrokes are used by default:

  • Page Up: return to the previous slide
  • Page Down: advance to the next slide
  • Left arrow: rewind
  • Right arrow: fast forward
  • Up arrow: increase volume
  • Down arrow: decrease volume
  • Space: play/pause
  • Home: restart the current slide
  • End: stop at the end of the current slide
  • Ctrl + Home: go to the first slide
  • Ctrl + End: go to the last slide
  • Backspace: return to the last viewed slide
  • Enter: move to the next animation step
  • Shift + Enter: return to the previous animation step

Set up your own key combinations to manage course playback. You can set up a maximum of three keystrokes for each action and import/export a set of shortcut keystrokes from/into a file.

Click Customize control keys to edit keyboard shortcuts.

Start presentation automaticallyEnable or disable an automatic course launch after the first slide is loaded. 

Save slide animation stateEnable or disable the preservation of the state of animated slides when users return to such a slide. This option works for trigger animations, bullets that appear on mouse clicks, etc.
Optimize quizzes for smartphones

Quiz questions can be optimized for smartphones. When this is done, the text of the questions will be displayed in a larger point size, for example.

Note:
Make sure you add the images via QuizMaker.

If you insert an image into a slide directly in PowerPoint, it won't display on the mobile version.

"Rotate your device" prompt

Prompt learners to rotate the screen to landscape or portrait, depending on how they hold devices. They can tap to close the prompt, or it will disappear automatically after 3 seconds. 

 

To customize the default prompt text, go to Text > Popup Messages.