Pause on slide during slideshow

Can't figure out how to pause on a slide during a slideshow. I've seen info about pushing the F key, but that doesn't work for me. I want the show on 'Normal' so that I can create specific transition and 'holds.' I tried the 'Self play' and don't understand the difference between a slide show that is all configured to play and loop vs. a 'Self play' one, but I didn't have many choices for timing in Self play, and the F was not working correctly.
Could use advice.
Thanks!
Rob

My apologies, what my brain was thinking and what I sent are a little different.
Let me start again.
Normal Play presentations advance manually by a mouse click or pressing the space bar, once the next slide has advanced, the presentation will pause. Therefore the presentation is paused after each slide appears. Normal Play presentations are set up in; Inspector > Document; in the Presentation Type drop down menu; select Normal
Automatic Presentations advance automatically using the transitions, builds and timing set in the Inspector. This type of presentation can be paused using the F key (freeze). Automatic Presentations are set up in the Inspector > Document; in the Presentation Type drop down menu select Normal.
in Inspector > Animate add the ffect then in the Start Transition drop down menu select; Automatically. Set the delay for how long the slide appears onscreen.
Self Playing presentations are used where an unattended presentation is set to run continuously without user intervention, this is called digital signage; examples are hotel receptions and adverts in shopping malls. The F key is inactive in this setup so that the presentation is not stalled.
Self play is set up in Inspector > Document; change the Presentation type drop down menu to: Self Playing.
The timing in a self play presentation is set up in Inspector > Animate; change the start transition drop down menu to Automatically and set the delay to the time you want the slide to appear on screen.

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