Countdown Timer
A countdown timer provides participants with a visual cue that polling is about to close as it counts down to zero. When the countdown expires, the countdown timer disappears and polling is automatically closed.
Inserting a Countdown Timer
A countdown timer provides participants with a visual cue that polling is about to close as it counts down to zero. When the countdown expires, the countdown timer disappears and polling is automatically closed. A countdown timer can be made to appear on each polling slide that is created.
- Select the polling slide.
TIPSelect more than one slide by holding down the Ctrl or Shift key on the keyboard.
- From the PointSolutions ribbon click
, mouse over Countdown and select the desired countdown timer.
Square
Letter
Clock
Gemstone
Adjustable
NOTEThe Adjustable countdown timer inserts a placeholder
on the slide. During the slideshow it displays as above.
NOTETo change the current countdown on the slide, select a different countdown from the Objects menu.
To remove the countdown, simply delete the object from the slide.
- To adjust the time or add a sound to the countdown timer, click the countdown timer.
Adjust the time from the Slide Preferences Pane.
- To adjust the time, enter a value into the Countdown Seconds box. A valid entry is 1 - 999.
- To add a sound, click
, browse to the location of the sound file and click Open.