Manual

TurningPoint for Office 2003 User Guide 105
Add Objects
Add a Countdown Indicator
A Countdown Indicator gives the audience a visual cue that polling for a question is about to close as it
counts down to zero. When the countdown expires, the Countdown Indicator disappears and polling is
automatically closed.
To add a Countdown…
1 Navigate to the TurningPoint slide on which to add a Countdown.
2 Click Insert Object on the TurningPoint Toolbar and select Countdown.
Countdown Indicator Submenu
3 A placeholder for the Countdown is placed on the slide.
Countdowns can be used in competitions to award points based on how quickly a participant responds.
Note
The length of the countdown timer can be changed
for a particular slide or for all slides using the
Countdown Seconds setting, a setting available on
both the presentation-level and the slide-level.
The length of the countdown can also be changed
by double-clicking, single clicking, or right clicking
on the Countdown Indicator on the slide. A dialog
box opens prompting to “enter a value 1-999 for
the Countdown time limit.”