Creating a Timer Bar on PowerPoint to Count Down Time
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How to Create a Timer Bar in PowerPoint
Karl M. Kapp Professor of Instructional Technology
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Timer: Use “Animations” Use “Wipe”
Timer
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Create two rectangles. One of the rectangles you want to have “No
Fill.”
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Select the other rectangle and click
on it. Then pull down the menu
and select “Format Shape.”
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Select “Gradient Fill.” You can then choose a Pre-set
color. And the direction.
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The direction that seems to work well
is light to dark.
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Then move the two rectangles so the shaded
rectangle is within the original “No Fill” rectangle.
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Then select the “Animation” tab. Then select “Add
Animation” Then Select “More Entrance
Effects…”
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Then select the
animation “Wipe.”
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Open the “Animation Pane” and select “Effect”
Choose “From Left”
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Next, choose “Timing” Change the “Duration” to the number
of desired seconds. You will type right over the existing
words.
We chose 30 seconds you can choose the number of
seconds you’d like to count down.
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Now we want to “Trigger” the timer by clicking on an item labeled “Timer” to start our
countdown.
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Timer
Create a shape with the word “Timer.”
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Timer
Click on the “Gradient Rectangle” you want to animate. It needs to be highlighted with
the dots (indicating it was selected)
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With the “Gradient Rectangle” still highlighted go to the “Animation” tab.
Click on “Trigger” Choose “On Click of.” From the pull down menu select the name of the shape you used for the Timer (usually it will be the last
shape you added.)
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The timer should now work when you click on the
“Timer Button” activated by the trigger you created.
Timer
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References
• YouTube Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t9NrEbmFmI – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDeRcfhsR2U – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuB4YrxWvLQ