Frames in a topic are easily navigated using the navigation icons on the toolbar in the Topic Editor. You can move forward or back one frame or jump to the Introduction or End frame of the topic. If a topic contains branches with different End frames, a menu with the available End frames appears to allow you to choose the End frame you want. 

The Frame Structure is a graphical representation of each step in a topic. When displayed, it appears in its own pane in the Topic Editor. The Frame Structure pane contains a circle for every frame of the topic as follows: 

Introduction Frame

Frame

End Frame

Decision Frame

Explanation Frame

Move to any frame in the topic by clicking the appropriate circle. You can also navigate using the ALT+left arrow and ALT+right arrow keys (following the default path). When you select a frame, the frame's circle changes to green and the screenshot for that frame displays in the Topic Editor.

Note: When you first open a topic, the Introduction frame displays a green circle only because it is the selected frame.

The circles are connected by lines, which indicate the flow of the topic. If an Alternative Path is available, it appears below the primary path. In addition, if an Alternative Action or Alternative Path is available for a frame, the number of available actions is displayed above the frame's circle and to the left. When you move the mouse pointer over the circles, a thumbnail image of the frame, and the unique ID of the frame appear, allowing you to identify frames easily.

Note: You can view the total number of frames for each topic from the Library or Outline Editor by adding the Frames column to any view.

The Go To menu displays commands for navigating frames. You can also use the Specific Frame command to navigate directly to a frame by Frame ID. The Frame ID can also be used as reference point for subject matter experts who review content via the Player. You can configure published Player output (and preview in the Developer) to display the Frame ID in topic playback. See Display Frame ID in Topic Playback in the Customize the Player section of the Publish Content chapter.

To navigate frames using the navigation icons:

1. To move to the next frame, click  Next frame.
    
2. To move to the previous frame, click  Previous frame.
    
3. To move to the Introduction frame, click  First frame.
    
4. To move to the End frame, click  Last frame.
    
   Note: Topics with Decision Branch paths contain more than one End frame. If there are multiple End frames, a list arrow appears on the Last frame icon allowing you to select the End frame for the original path or another path.
    
5. To move to a specific frame, click  Go to Specific Frame and enter a frame ID.

To navigate frames using the frame structure:

1. Display the Frame Structure toolpane, if necessary.
    
2. Move the mouse pointer over the circles in the Frame Structure toolpane to display a preview of the frame in a small window.
    
3. Click to display the corresponding frame in the Topic Editor.
    
4. Click to display the End frame in the Topic Editor.
    
5. Click to display the Introduction frame in the Topic Editor.

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