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.

Inserting a Countdown Timer

Select the polling slide.

Select more than one slide by holding down the Ctrl or Shift key on the keyboard.
From the PointSolutions ribbon click the Objects tab, mouse over Countdown, and select the desired countdown timer.

To change the current countdown on the slide, select a different countdown from the Objects menu.

Square Letter Clock Gemstone Adjustable*

*The Adjustable countdown timer inserts a placeholder on the slide. During the slideshow, it displays as shown above.
To remove the countdown timer, delete the object from the slide.
Click the countdown timer to use the Slide Preferences pane to adjust the time or add a sound to the countdown timer.
- To adjust the time, enter a value into the Countdown Seconds box.
  
  A valid entry is 1 - 999.
- To add a sound, click the 3 horizontal dots button, browse to the location of the sound file, and click Open.
  
  Supported audio files include .aiff, .au, .mid, .midi, .mp3, .wav, and .wma.

Square	Letter	Clock	Gemstone	Adjustable*

*The Adjustable countdown timer inserts a placeholder on the slide. During the slideshow, it displays as shown above.