Powerpoint Timer Free Countdown Clock

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Now if we need to embed the same countdown timer throughout multiple PowerPoint slides which will correspond to the countdown, i.e if there is a timer for 30 seconds and you go to the next slide with 15 seconds remaining, the next slide should have the timer and should resume from 15 seconds only. In today's video, we will show you how to create a countdown timer in PowerPoint.Open PowerPoint. We are going to create three slides. The start slide, the. 5 minute timer slide. Use this slide to count down 5 minutes for your audience during a presentation break. The template includes instructions for use.

I know you’ve all been thinking it – how on earth do I create a countdown timer in PowerPoint? It’s one of life’s great mysteries, baffling great minds for generations. Here at BrightCarbon we couldn’t hold out any longer and we’ve decided to share the secret! Read on and become part of a very exclusive group…

Timer

Okay so maybe a countdown timer isn’t the most exciting thing to make, however in the creation of a timer we can demonstrate a really neat trick you can apply to help make objects move and animate in more interesting ways, with the use of transparency.

So the simplest way of creating your own countdown timer is by creating a second hand and then rotating it using the ‘spin’ animation.

The first issue is that you can’t simply rotate the second hand as a single object, the animation assumes that the centre point of rotation is at the mid-point of the line. This is where our PowerPoint trick comes into play. In order avoid this issue regarding the centre point of rotation you will need to create another line, the same length of the initial line. Place this line at the end of the first line, group the two of them together and then make one of them 100% transparent.

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So now you need to select the grouped lines, and animate them with the spin option.

Once you’ve selected the animation, along the top ribbon you can click on Effect options, changing the rotation to clockwise. Then to the right, change the duration of the animation to last 60 seconds (rather than the default 2).

You now have (a very basic) 1 minute countdown timer. You can now think of ways to bring the timer to life, using PowerPoint objects to make it look more like a clock, or whatever device you think would work well.

We’ve created a short video showing how to carry out the exercise below:

To see how just how far you can take this effect in PowerPoint, we have developed a more advanced 1 minute countdown timer – hand and stopwatch, this includes numbers and a ticking second hand counting down from 60 seconds. Click the link to download the PowerPoint file:

Let us know if you have any other ideas you’d like to see us create similar effects with! If you still want your countdown timer fix, have a look at this tutorial to make a countdown timer with a scrolling background.

LTC Timer S

LTC Timer S is a countdown timer for PowerPoint on Windows. It is a PowerPoint add-in.

Powerpoint Timer Free Countdown Clock Online

Features:

  • Insert on an individual slide
  • Set any time
  • Set any size, color, font, and location
  • Sound plays when time is up.
  • Add/remove sounds
  • Preview sound
  • Easy to install & use
  • Integrates seamlessly with PowerPoint
  • Immediate download with license key delivered to your email.
  • available (Count down one minute or less)
  • If you wish to insert the Timer on one computer and run on another computer, you can do so by installing the Timer add-in on both computers.

Powerpoint Countdown Timer Template

Demo Video

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