Timers Tutorial

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Timers Tutorial

Submitted by Graham Shaw


First of all to start, you need a shape that will be your timer. The recommended shapes are circular or rectangular [see below]


Next, you have to start animating the shapes. Click Slide Show > Custom Animation. Follow the screenshot below, then right click on the timeline and click “show advanced timeline.” Set it to 20.0 seconds and to start with previous.


You should now have a shape that looks like this. But you still need it to be recognized as a timer so…

Play >

… Create a new slide and decorate it as you want for the time’s up slide…


Go back to the previous slide and…

…Create an action button or time’s up image that hyperlinks to the time’s up slide. Once you have done that, right click and select Action settings then follow the screenshot on the left. Finally, add an entrance effect to the time’s up image and set it to After Previous…


Now press F5 to view the show


For a rectangular timer just change the animation to wipe from left or right.


With a bit of imagination, you can create timers that looks like this…



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