Right click and "Copy" the caption area, then paste and repeat the timing and duration (remember to add 1 second of delay for each new time) Essentially, here are the steps you'll be performing:ģ) Set the delay to 1.0 Sec and the duration to 1.0 Sec.Ĭlick Caption, 1 second delay, 1 second durationĤ) Copy the caption (purple line) and paste, then edit the Text Tools>Format to be 2.00 Seconds delay and 1.00 Second duration This is done by adding Captions, then giving them a 1 second delay time, setting each to start exactly as the prior caption finishes. Next, it's time to add the "Captions", or the second "tickers". Add 1 second to the length of the duration that you want (if you want a 15 second timer, make the duration 16 seconds).Įxtend the length to whatever length you'd like the counter to count until. For our example, we will be using 15 seconds. To change the length of the total project, go to Video Tools>Edit and change the Duration from the default 7.00 to whatever length (in seconds) you'd like. Keep in mind, the longer it is, the longer it will take to create). Once the "My Movie" title has been removed, it's time to select the length of time you wish the counter to work for (whether it is 10, 20, 30 seconds of 5 minutes. Right click on the purple ribbon and select "Remove"Īfter clicking "Remove", you will be left only with the black ribbon (this is where we will be adding our countdown)
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How to do this you ask? Click the Title button, then delete the area that appears by clicking the purple area labeled "My Title" and pressing Delete.Ĭlick "Title" to insert an available media spaceĪfter clicking "Title" you will see the default "My Movie" title, and a black bar (with a purple bar below it indicating how long the title will be seen) Once you have Movie Maker open, it's time to add the "time". Open Windows Live Movie Maker (AKA Movie Maker)
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Don't have it? You can download it for free from Microsoft. Let's start by opening the program Windows Live Movie Maker (later known as "Movie Maker"), created by Microsoft. I'll even show you how to make it NOT take up 45MB of file size in your presentation, avoiding lag issues etc. In today's tutorial, I will show you how to create your own timer (ours will only count up to 15 seconds, but the process is always the same) and insert it into a PowerPoint presentation to play across the whole presentation if you like.
And sometimes, we need to keep an eye on how long things are taking, or how much time we have left. Hypothetically speaking, we've all been on the clock at some point.