# Practice controls

> Pause, resume, skip ahead, go back, and loop a scene in Offbook, with buttons, keyboard shortcuts, or by saying next line.

- URL: https://www.offbook.com/learn/practice-controls
- Published: 2026-10-14

Real rehearsals stop and start. You need a breath, a skip past a line you already know, or the same scene again and again. These controls let you do all of that without leaving the scene.

- Video (MP4, 1:06): https://d2miifk9x400ct.cloudfront.net/v1/practice-controls/video.mp4
- Captions (WebVTT): https://d2miifk9x400ct.cloudfront.net/v1/practice-controls/captions.vtt

## Chapters

- 0:00 Intro
- 0:02 Start a run
- 0:17 Pause
- 0:25 Skip ahead
- 0:49 Loop the scene

## Transcript

Press Start Practice to begin. Your scene partner reads, and you answer.

Press Pause to take a break. Press Resume, or the Spacebar, to go on.

On your line, click Next to skip ahead.

Or just say, next line.

With a keyboard, press Enter or the down arrow to move on. The up arrow goes back.

Press Stop to end the run.

To repeat a scene, open Scene controls and turn on Enable scene looping.

A loop button appears next to Start Practice. When the scene ends, it starts again from the top.

Read the guide: [Your first practice session](https://www.offbook.com/help-center/get-started/your-first-practice-session).

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