Pausing in Prompt mode pauses scrolling, but it does not pause the elapsed timer. This behavior is referred to as a “soft pause” and lets the talent keep up without affecting the elapsed time.
However, sometimes it may be useful to pause scrolling and the elapsed timer. This is referred to as a “hard pause” and can be accomplished by holding the Option key when pausing the prompter. When hard paused the elapsed time in the toolbar will pulsate to indicate it is hard paused. Upon resuming prompting the elapsed timer also resumes.