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# How do I auto-scroll through my script?

|| 📝 NOTE: This article describes auto-scrolling in **Scriptation 6.0 and later**, where it's part of Playback Mode. In **5.1.16 or earlier**, auto-scrolling lives within Read Mode — see [What is Read Mode?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-is-read-mode-r2rpf5/) for the walkthrough.

If you want your script to scroll on its own — no voices, no audio, just hands-free reading — you can use [Playback Mode](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-is-playback-mode-dg5uqr/) with the **Teleprompter** preset. Useful for silent run-throughs, memorization passes, or any time you just want the page to keep moving while your hands are elsewhere.

### Setting Up Hands-Free Scrolling

1. Open your script;

2. Touch or click the **Playback** icon on the [Top Toolbar](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/an-overview-of-the-top-toolbar-i5y1y8/) to enter [Playback Mode](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-is-playback-mode-dg5uqr/);

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/0/8/1/60818aeea8717000/toptoolbarplaybackpng_1d9w96b.png =700x47)

| ✅ TIP: If the **Playback** icon isn't showing in the Top Toolbar, touch or click the plus sign on the right side to show additional icons. To pin it permanently, see [More Icons and Customizing the Top Toolbar](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/more-icons-and-customizing-the-top-toolbar-v1u97a/).

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/6/0/8/1/60818aeea8717000/playbackpresetpng_1i66lgq.png =400x149)

3. Touch the **sliders icon** on the control bar to open the **Playback Presets** popover, and choose **Teleprompter**. This turns off all audio while still scrolling the script as if it were being read aloud. See [What are Playback Presets?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-are-playback-presets-z550d6/) for more on each preset;

4. (Optional) Touch the **gear icon** in the top-right to open **Playback Settings** and adjust **Font type** and **Font size** under **Display** for comfortable distance reading;

5. Press **Play** to start. The script scrolls silently on its own;

6. Adjust the scroll speed at any time using the **speed slider above the play icon** — sliding left slows the scroll, sliding right speeds it up. This is the same control that sets readback speed in audio presets;

7. Press **Pause** to stop the scroll, or press it again to resume.

| 💡 TIP: For more granular control, use the Custom preset instead of Teleprompter. Each script element can be set to Hidden (closed eye), View only (visible, silent), or View and voice (visible, read aloud) — useful for on-set takes where you only want to see Dialogue, or for mixing silent and read-aloud elements in a single pass.

# What's Next

[What is Playback Mode?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-is-playback-mode-dg5uqr/)
[What are Playback Presets?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-are-playback-presets-z550d6/)
[How can I quickly scroll through my script?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-can-i-quickly-scroll-through-my-script-6cj3ej/)
[How do I set up a rehearsal?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-do-i-set-up-a-rehearsal-1uyndsh/)