Playing Tutorials in Interactive Mode (SAP Library

Playing Tutorials in Interactive Mode

Use

If you are familiarizing yourself with a software application and want to execute the steps set up by the author of a tutorial, you can play the tutorial in the interactive mode. In this mode, you can navigate through the simulated application and enter data. In this way, you familiarize yourself with the software through practical experience.

Note

A tutorial can contain a combination of interactive steps and steps running in demo mode.

A tutorial can also consist of a combination of lessons and an assessment. In this case, after the last step of the tutorial has been played, the test mode screen appears automatically.

Prerequisites

You have entered the settings required for the interactive mode:

Setting	Meaning
Fullscreen	Hides the description window and the function bar in interactive mode and displays the simulated application only. To leave the fullscreen mode, press ESC.

Procedure

Perform the instructions set up by the author of the tutorial. The instructions are presented in different ways (such as spoken instructions, text) depending on the settings for the agent.

The author can specify that your actions are checked. In this case, an error message is output if your action does not coincide with the required action.

The author can insert hyperlinks and files in the tutorial to provide you with more information.

The following functions are also available in the interactive mode:

Icon	Function Name	Meaning
or Page Up	Previous step	Return to the previous step of the tutorial.
or Page Down	Next step	Go to the next step of the tutorial. You may want to skip a step, for example.