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Timers Tutorial

Submitted by Graham Shaw

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First of all to start, you need a shape that will be

your timer. The recommended shapes are circular or
rectangular [see below]
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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.
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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…
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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…
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Now press F5 to view the show

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For a rectangular timer just change the animation to

wipe from left or right.
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With a bit of imagination, you can create timers that

looks like this…
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End of tutorial. Press ‘Esc’ to quit.

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