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Navigating in the timeline

The timeline is always moving from left to right.

Use the Page Up key as a shortcut to navigate forward in the timeline, frame by frame and Page Down to navigate backward in the timeline, frame by frame.
A shortcut for moving down one frame in the timeline is Page Down or Ctrl + right arrow (on a PC) Page Down or command + Right Arrow (on a macOS)You can also use the arrows in the preview panel:

Fig. Preview panel

The F on the timeline is for frames, the numbers represent the number of frames:

Fig. Frames

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