Setting up a countdown timer in PowerPoint

#Setting up a countdown timer in PowerPoint how to#

Click Shapes in the Illustrations group.In Normal View, display the slide on which you want to insert a timer.To create a wheel timer on a PowerPoint slide that starts on click: You can then assign an animation that starts on click, after previous or on click of the object. One of the simplest timers to create is a wheel timer using a doughnut shape. Click Animation Pane in the Advanced Animations group.Click the Animations tab in the Ribbon.You can select animated items in the Animation Pane and change effects. The expanded Animations Gallery appears when you click the More down arrow:Īfter you have applied an animation setting to an object, it will appear in the Animation Pane. The Animations tab appears as follows when an object is selected:

#Setting up a countdown timer in PowerPoint how to#

Recommended article: How to Add Animation to Images, Text and Other Objects in PowerPointĭo you want to learn more about PowerPoint? Check out our virtual classroom or live classroom PowerPoint courses > You can also use the Animation Pane to modify animation settings for objects on a slide. To create timers, you'll need to use the Animations tab in the Ribbon to apply animation, change durations and change start settings. For example, the Picture Tools Format tab may appear as Picture Format and the Drawing Tools Format tab may appear as Drawing Format or Shape Format.

For PowerPoint 365 users, Ribbon tabs may appear with different names. Note: Buttons and Ribbon tabs may display in a different way (with or without text) depending on your version of PowerPoint, the size of your screen and your Control Panel settings. You can also create text boxes to use in timers. Although you can create countdown timers using images, it's more common to draw shapes (such as rectangles and circles) and use them in timers. In order to create timers in PowerPoint, insert one or more objects and apply animation to the objects using the Animations tab in the Ribbon. In this article, we'll review the steps to create 3 types of timers in PowerPoint using shapes and animations.

You can insert a timer in PowerPoint in several ways. By Avantix Learning Team | Updated September 13, 2020Īpplies to: Microsoft ® PowerPoint ® 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)