Quick question regarding interval/timer event

I’m an AS3 novice, but have done a bit of coding. This issue should be simple, but I guess I don’t know where to begin. All other coding I’ve done has involved user interaction to proceed, but this one doesn’t.

I’m creating a self-running project with some of the scenes including quite a bit of text. What is the most common procedure to pause a screen for x number of seconds… and then move on to the next screen? All my animations are AS3 based vs. timeline based.

I’d think it’s got something to do with the timer class, but the examples I’ve seen so far are always about making an event happen over and over again, which is not what I’m doing. So I thought it’d be prudent to see if perhaps I’m barking up the wrong tree before proceeding down that path.

Thanks!

Graham