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Setting up a timer on each slide in powerpoint 2016 (MAC)

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cem
cem Posts: 391 Forumite
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Hello techie folks,

I have googled this but cannot find the answer.  Is there a way to set up a timer that counts down each slide individually in a PowerPoint pack.
For example, each slide has allocated time and it is to stop people from going over their allocated time.
Visually, it would be on the corner somewhere like a simple stopwatch, counting the time down
Many thanks in advance

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  • Le_Kirk
    Le_Kirk Posts: 24,511 Forumite
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    You could use an add-in via the Microsoft Add-in store.  Never tried it because most people fell asleep during my presentations!  One such web site that offered help: -
    https://24slides.com/presentbetter/powerpoint-countdown-timer/
  • Sandtree
    Sandtree Posts: 10,628 Forumite
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    What do you want to happen when the timer runs out?
    What happens if someone goes forward/back a slide, the timer resets?
    What are you actually trying to achieve?

    If I were a guessing person I'd say you are trying to create a test/exam type thing and want people to only have so long on each section/question but if you are distributing the slides for those sitting the test to use then this wont work as you want and too far beyond the scope of PPT
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