The delay refers to the amount of time a frame is visible before the action takes place during See It! mode. The default value of 5.0 is five seconds. You can create as much of a delay as you feel necessary for the user to understand or read the information on the screen. There is a predefined list of delay options from which you can choose, or you can enter the desired delay time in the Delay time(s) list. The following bullets describe the predefined options:

• Skip: The step does not display at all. This option is only available for Introduction, End, Decision and Explanation frames.
   
• 0: There is no delay before the animated mouse pointer begins to move for an action frame. This option is not available for Introduction, End, Decision and Explanation frames.
   
• 5.0: There is a 5-second delay before the animated mouse pointer begins to move for an action frame.
   
• 10.0: There is a 10-second delay before the animated mouse pointer begins to move for an action frame.
   
• Infinite: The user must press the ENTER key to advance to the next step of the topic. When you set the delay to Infinite, the text “Press Enter to continue.” appears automatically in the bubble in See It! mode.

When sound files are available for a frame and sound is activated, if the delay is set to Infinite the user must press the ENTER key to advance.  For all other delay values, the frame advances automatically after the sound finishes.

This setting can be applied to all frames on the Topic page of the Content Defaults section of the Options dialog box. The time set here is the default for all newly recorded and inserted frames, with the exception of Decision frames, which automatically default to Infinite. Changing the setting here does not change the delay time for existing content.

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