Why are the slides in a live webcast automatically advancing?

Q: Why are the slides in my live webcast advancing on their own? When I click on Slide 10, the webcast moves to Slide 11 on its own. When I click on Slide 15, the webcast moves to Slide 16 on its own.

A: PowerPoint Slides will automatically advance when the webcast starts if "Use Timings" is enabled and timings are saved on any slide. This can be used when a speaker wants to stay on a specific slide for a preset amount of time before moving on to the next slide. However, if this feature is used, it cannot be disabled from Studio. It must be changed in PowerPoint prior to upload. The following directions can be used to disable the timings feature from within PowerPoint: Configure the Timing and Speed of a Transition