Autoplay demos

Autoplay demos

There are times when ‘less is more’ and the best way to get your message across is a demo that’s just ‘click and view’. You can set the whole demo to autoplay (global setting) or set a specific guide or screen to autoplay (local setting). It’s up to you.

Global vs local autoplay

• Template screen or guide autoplay (global): When you use the autoplay settings at the template level, all screens or guides will autoplay. You can’t make local adjustments.
• Individual screen or guide autoplay (local): If you want autoplay to apply to specific screens or guides, then use the autoplay setting on those screens /guides. The template-wide toggle/s will be set to OFF (default).
• When autoplay for all screens and/or autoplay for all Guides is ON, this setting always takes precedence over a specific screen or guide. 

NOTE: Guides with audio files play the full audio before moving to the next guide, no matter what autoplay settings you have.

Set autoplay for all screens (global)

You can set autoplay for all screens, all guides or just some.

>To set autoplay for all screens (global setting):

1. Open the template in Edit mode. Click the Gear icon  in the right hand toolbar. This opens the Settings pane.
   
   
   
2. Select the General dropdown to open the options.
3. Scroll down to Autoplay All Screens.
   
4. Set Autoplay All Screens to ON.
   1. Set the delay in ms.
   2. Show Control Bar: Set to ON if you want a control bar for viewers to pause / play audio.
   3. Loop: Set to ON if you want the demo to restart at the end of the demo.
5. Click Save.
6. Create the demo and check the results!

Set autoplay for all guides

Before you start:

• When autoplay for all guides is ON, the guides play in the designated order. You cannot set one individual guide to play in a different order.

>To set autoplay for all guides (global setting):

1. Open the template in Edit mode. Click click the Guides icon . This opens  the Guides pane. Then click the Gear icon to reveal all the options.
   
2. Select Autoplay.
   
3. Set Autoplay All Guide Steps to ON.
   1. Set the delay in ms.
   2. Show Control Bar: Set to ON if you want a control bar for viewers to pause / play audio.
   3. Loop: Set to ON if you want the demo to restart at the end of the Guide.
4. Click Save.
5. Create the demo and check the results!

Set autoplay for selected screens (local)

>To set autoplay for one or more screens (local setting):

1. 1. Open the template in Edit mode. From the left hand pane, right click a screen and select Autoplay screen.
   2. Enter the screen name. A new screen opens.
      
   3. Select the delay in ms.
   4. Click Done.

   Repeat for each screen you want to autoplay.

>To set autoplay for one or more guides (local setting):

1. Open the template in Edit mode. From the right hand toolbar, click the Guides icon. This opens  the Guides pane.
2. Select the guide and click the Gear icon on the Guide toolbar. This opens a new screen.
    
3. Set the Autoplay guide step toggle to ON and set the display duration.
4. Click Done.

Repeat for each guide you want to autoplay.

Guides with audio files

Guides with an audio file play in full before moving to the next Guide, irrespective of the delay duration set. For more on audio files, head over to the article Convert text to speech.