Setting a wait between 2 actions

An action has been added which does not allow any further actions until the sound has stopped. You can specify a customized period of time that you want to wait before the next action can be performed.
  • Example 1: to display the cells consecutively, you can specify the wait settings in between actions.
  • Example 2: Go to page 1 and wait 5 seconds and go to page 2.
You can also specify that no further actions can be performed until all speech and sound actions (NOT Music and Video) have been performed. For example, it allows you to perform an animated gif, play a sound, but not move to the next page until the sound has finished playing.
  1. Edit the cell (F5).
  2. Click Add item Ctrl+click=Copy item in the Actions options group.
  3. Choose Wait from the Actions drop-down list.
  4. From the drop-down list, select one of the following options:
    Option Explanation
    Wait time: Specify the time in milliseconds. By default the wait is 1,000 msec, that is 1 second.
    Wait for sound to finish All speech and sound actions are played until finished, after which the next action can be performed.
  5. Click OK.