How to add countdown timers to PowerPoint

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[davefoord]

If you open the 'animations settings' options within PowerPoint - you will see the animation settings that have created each timer - Different versions of PowerPoint will display this differently - but the last animation of the effect will have a sound attached to it - for some reason however this doesn't always play when you copy the timer into your own presentation. The best that I can suggest would be to re-add the sound effect to the last presentation - this should then work.

[mitchkno10]

Is it possible to create a countdown timer that will show up on every slide for the length of the entire presentation?

[davefoord]

@mitchkno10 - a very good question. Using the techniques that have been employed here (simple animations in PowerPoint) it would be quite tricky to achieve this, unless you knew exactly how long would be spent on each slide (e.g. if the slides automatically advance after a set time) - and even then it would have to be created manually for that presentation, and would then make it difficult to add or remove slides as would mess up the timers. So I would suggest not doing that.

[Tylpetr]

it's a great help, thanx a lot :)

[bmtdluver]

Thanks so much. It's exactly what I need for my Family Feud style powerpoint

[zandlsmom]

Thank you!

[BETTYJOYA]

timer as a countdoun :D

[treadstone87]

Very useful. How do you add sounds -- for when the countdown timer is manually terminated, and when it naturally stops?