Configure Player Preferences

You can use the Preferences window to set options that affect how the Player functions.

Note: If the Preferences icon does not appear in the Player, your administrator has preset all preferences and has prevented them from being changed.

You can restore the default preference settings by clicking Defaults and then clicking OK to confirm the action.

Option

Description

Marquee color

Set the color for the marquee (or highlight) that appears in See It!, Try It! and Do It! modes. The default marquee color is red.

Play audio

Choose the All available sound option, which is the default, to play sound files during playback, if sound is available. You can select the Keyboard and mouse clicks option to play those sounds only. If desired, you can disable the sound files by choosing the No sound option.

Note that sound playback is not supported if you are using the Mozilla Firefox browser.

Show introduction text

This option controls whether the Introduction frame appears when a topic is played in the Player. Select this option to show the Introduction frame as the first frame during playback and deselect it to suppress the frame.

Enable skipping in Try It! mode

Select this option to enable the user to advance to the next step in Try It! mode by pressing Enter instead of performing the action in the bubble.

Key combination for advancing in Do It! mode

Configure a key combination for advancing to the next step in Do It! mode, if you do not want to use the default combination

Note that Do It! mode is not supported if you are using the Mozilla Firefox browser.

Default playback mode

This option controls the default mode launched when double clicking on a topic in the outline. The default is Try It! mode.

procimageTo configure Player preferences:

  1. Start the Player.
  2. Click Player preferences icon.
  3. Set the Player options.
  4. Click OK.