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When you click a story preview at the top of News Feed, Facebook opens Story Viewer, shown in Figure 4-7.

FIGURE 4-7: Flip through your friends' stories here.

Story Viewer has two main areas, the left side, which is white, and the right side, where the story is shown against a black background. On the left side you can see a list of friends (and Pages) that have stories you can view. The person whose story you're currently viewing is highlighted in grey. Below the person's name is some info on how many new posts have been added to the story (if any have), and how long ago the most recent post was added.

Now over to the story itself. Set against the black background, the story should more or less appear the same size as a typical smartphone. (Stories are designed to be created primarily from mobile phones.) Don’t worry if you don’t have a smartphone; we go over how to create stories from your computer later in this chapter. Click the next icon (right arrow) to see the next post in the story. When the story you're looking at runs out of posts, you can proceed to the next story until there are no more. Click the back icon (left arrow) to return to a previous post or story. When the story ends, clicking the next icon displays the next person’s story. To close Story Viewer and return to your normal News Feed, click X or the f logo in the top-left corner.

Facebook treats stories like slideshows, which automatically play or progress as soon as you open them. The thin grey bar at the top of the story tells you how many posts are in a story and where you are in the story. This bar is broken into segments to reflect the number of posts in the story. These segments fill with white as the story progresses, just like the progress bar in a video. If the story is progressing too quickly for you to keep up, click the pause icon below the grey bar. You can also turn the volume on and off or click the three dots icon to report the story.

Below the story is a bar for comments and reactions. Comments and reactions work pretty much the same in News Feed and stories, and are covered in the next section.