DOS window scroll too fast and close

[Welshjim]

I know little about DOS.
When I run a command like "ping xyz.com" from Start|Run, I get the report, but the DOS window closes before I can absorb the data. I can click the Pause button, but it is hard to time correctly. I either click too early and miss some of the last parts of the data, or too late and the window has already closed.
Is there some switch I can use with the Run command to keep the window open when the report is finished?
Also is there a different switch to keep page one of data paused, before the scrolling goes on to page two?
P.S. Maybe I cannot do from Start|Run and have to use MS-DOS Prompt?? If so, please tell me the switch to use to keep the window from scrolling page to two before I have read page one. And if page one is paused how do I go on to page two and stop before going to page three?
Thanks!!