Question: I'm a complete beginner with regard to Blender video editing. I'm watching an instructional video. To play the vid, he hits the play button. Well, I haven't got a play button. Now what?
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SEtaT.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SEtaT.png)

Answer: 
On the bottom where you see a video clip symbol and then words that say, "Sequencer," it's normally set to the Timeline panel where you would see a play button, but it's right now set to the "Video Editor" panel. Just click on the video clip icon in the bottom left corner and choose "timeline" in the "animation" section. Then the play button will appear.

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/g6cWj.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/g6cWj.png)
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qEfbh.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qEfbh.png)
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XU6sq.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XU6sq.png)
Press the `space bar` to start playback.

Then press it again to stop.

No need to use the mouse.