Clock Countdown

[Sara]

I'm looking for a way to insert a clock/countdown into a
PPT presentation. (On a slide) We will be doing a
presentation and thought it would be a good idea to have
a clock on the slide counting down during breaks,
lunches, small group break-outs, etc. We'll be
projecting the presentation up on a screen. So, for
example, if we tell participants to take a 5-minute
break, I want it to countdown from 5 minutes down to 0 so
everyone knows when the break is over. Is this possible?

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

There are several VB scripting solutions, but the easiest (though not
accurate down to the second depending on the computer and what it is
running) is to create a series of slides and set the transition to
automatically advance.

As Example:
Create 5 slides, one the first in bold text say something like "Please
Return From Break in 5:00 minutes" then the next slide replaces the 5:00
with 4:00, then 3:00, 2:00, 1:00. Now select all five slides in Slide Sorter
View and set the transition to automatic after 60 seconds. Done.

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Best Regards,
Troy Chollar
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[Bill]

Sara,

Send me an email to the following address and I will send you one with
instructions to use (hopefully you can decipher it).

wfoley1
at
txu
dot
com

Bill

 

[Lynn]

....is the best. For what it is worth, I agree that this
would be the simplest solution to implement..

Lynn
Rainy Seattle, WA