# Pause

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To get the Pause keyword in the command line, press the small Pause.

You can also type **Pause** or the shortcut **Pau** in the command line.

## Description

The Pause keyword is a function keyword to pause:

- Crossfades between cues
- Chaser executors
- Timers
- Selective effect executors
- Timecode shows
- Macros

Pause is a toggle function between pause on and pause off.

## Syntax

Pause \[Object-list]

Pause On \[Object-list]

Pause Off \[Object-list]

## Example

- To pause the running chaser executor 3, type in the command line:

\[Channel]> Pause Executor 3

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- To start running again paused chaser executor 3, type in the command line:

 \[Channel]> Pause Executor 3