Comments on: Digital PowerPoint Timer

By: Mark H.

Mark H. — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:12:34 +0000

Also, is there a way to add a sound file, like a buzzer, when the counter hits 0:00?

By: Mark H.

Mark H. — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:11:28 +0000

These are great timers. I have one question. Is there a way to pause the timer and then restart it where you paused it from? I have tried the spacebar, but when I press the spacebar it does pause the counter but when I press it again it moves the counter time down to the next rounded minute…i.e. if I pause it at 15:34 and then press the spacebar again, then the counter will move to 15:00 and start from there.

By: Jessica Pyne

Jessica Pyne — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:22:56 +0000

You’re welcome Del, and we’re glad we could be of use! Hope your meeting goes well.

By: Del

Del — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:32:47 +0000

Thank you so much for posting the timers ! I needed a 5 minute timer for a meeting next week and this one will work perfectly !

By: Jessica Pyne

Jessica Pyne — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:06:18 +0000

Fantastic Chris, that’s just what we like to hear! Glad our timer is going to good use, and thanks for helping us spread the word. Please do get in contact if you have any specific requests for us, and we hope that we can continue to provide useful content in the future!

By: chris

chris — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:47:57 +0000

Thanks a lot for the resources guys this is awesome. I am using the ppt countdown timer for a youth retreat presentation and going to hype up all the services. Looking forward to coming back to the sight for more info. I find myself frequently in the “I can use ppt but I know I am not using it to it’s full potential” boat.

By: Jessica Pyne

Jessica Pyne — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:24:48 +0000

Hi Adam, I’ve had a response from the design team. Unfortunately the colour of the inactive numbers cannot be changed – this wasn’t built into the original file. The best way to combat this is to change the colour for the active numbers back to something brighter. Sorry we couldn’t be of more help!

By: Jessica Pyne

Jessica Pyne — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:19:42 +0000

Adam, I’ve passed your query on to the designers – will post the response when I receive it!

By: Adam Cahill

Adam Cahill — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:26:12 +0000

I’ve tried to do something like this before but the sheer amount of tedium drove me insane and I abandoned the effort. Kudos to your team!!
I’ve successfully changed the colors of the “on” portions of the LED display to a more subdued color, unfortunately “off” sections are too bright making it difficult to read. Is there a way to change these?

By: Lenny

Lenny — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:45:08 +0000

Joby i am kind of embarrassed that i did not think of that haha thank you for the pointer :) much appreciated

By: Joby Blume

Joby Blume — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:14:20 +0000

Lenny – just start it on the slide that’s 15 minutes from the end. Delete the ones you don’t need if that’s easiest for you.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:21:56 +0000

hey guys love this countdown and was almost exactly what i was looking for for my youthgroup to use. My only question is…. would you happen to have a 15 minute countdown?

By: Joby Blume

Joby Blume — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:38:43 +0000

Just use the last two slides.

By: David

David — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:30:10 +0000

Is it possible to create a two minute countdown timer, or to alter one to start at 2 minutes?

By: Joby Blume

Joby Blume — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:40:39 +0000

I think it would be possible to do this. Download the 45 minute version, and then copy the last four slides at the back, so that you get 45 minutes and then 4 minutes – a deck of 49 slides. Then when you set up the slideshow (in PowerPoint 2010 Slide Show -> Set Up Slide Show) select ‘Loop continuously until Esc’. This ought to get you the 45 -> 4 -> 45 -> 4 etc timer that you want.

But I would check the timings if I were you – the animations are set exactly within PowerPoint, but I don’t know how well this kind of PowerPoint clock would keep time over the course of a day. It might work – it might not.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:10:31 +0000

I want to put this timer on our school wide powerpoint for when students change classes they will know how much time they have left to cut down on tardies and I want it to loop. Can I make the timer loop all of the school day??? I wanted to somehow do 45 minutes then 4 minutes 45 minutes then 4 minutes…over and over

By: Jessica Pyne

Jessica Pyne — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:42:08 +0000

Hello All - We now have 30 and 90 second versions of this timer available. There will be more to come, as well as shorter versions of our more retro PowerPoint Countdown Timer. Please keep the suggestions coming, and we'll keep the developments coming!

By: Jessica Pyne

Jessica Pyne — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:04:43 +0000

You’re welcome, Moon – we’re glad you found what you were looking for! If you think the timer could be useful to anyone else, please do let them know!

By: moon

moon — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:25:44 +0000

thank you~
it’s definitely what i’m looking for~!!

By: Jessica Pyne

Jessica Pyne — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:39:00 +0000

Hi Wani. Without editing the animations yourself, the slides cannot begin at anything other than whole minutes. We do have a request in for shorter versions of the timer, but our designers are very busy at the moment and are unable to work on this immediately. I’ll let you know when shorter versions become available!