

Now, in the Animation Pane, select the rest of the rectangles one at a time, from 4 to 1.

Select Rectangle 5, and in the Animations > Timing group, leave the settings Start: On Click and Duration. You want the other boxes to then each wait one second before disappearing automatically, one by one.

You want only the first rectangle with the number 5 to start on a click, and you want it to stay on screen for one second before it disappears. Look at the number to the right, which shows the text in the rectangle. The numbering of the rectangles can be a little confusing because PowerPoint is accounting for other objects on the slide. Select the rest of the rectangles 4, 3, 2, 1 in order, and apply the same exit animation, Disappear, to each, one at a time.Ĭlick Animations > Animation Pane to show the Animation Pane. Here, you can select the animation you want, for example Disappear. On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Add Animation, and go down to Exit. You can copy and paste to duplicate and then edit the new boxes.Ĭlick inside the text rectangle with the number. To create text boxes, on the Insert tab, in Text group, click Text box, and draw the text box on your slide. Alternatively, you can delete existing templates by selecting one from the Template dropdown and then clicking the red trash can button.Tip: Create the boxes in order from highest to lowest so it’s easier to animate them in order. Do this by clicking the Save button to the right of the Template field. If you like your font customizations, you can save them as a template for future use. (The item behind it will not be affected.) If you selected the Count Up option, you will need to manually stop the timer, so you may want to keep this window open. Once you start a countdown, you can close this window - the countdown timer will simply fade from the screen when it finishes. As such, you'll want to make sure that the Display Screen is clear of any other text that may clash with your countdown, or that you position and size your countdown so that it does not clash with any other text/design that is simultaneously being projected on the screen. Please note that the timer will overlap on top of whatever is already being projected such as a motion graphic slide, or even your lyrics, slides, etc. When you are ready to send the timer to the screen(s), hit the green Start button.
