ProPresenter 7 Tutorial: Three ways to use timers and countdowns in ProPresenter 7

[@emartinez063]

Thank you, you have taught me more than the page from Pro Presenter. I hope God fills you with blessing. Keep up the good work.

[@tag5017]

Thank you so much. Just learned how to create the count down timer. Also, found out how to get it to automatically start using a calendar. Any idea how to get it to automatically go to the next slide after the timer is done?

[@PaulClifford]

It depends. If it's gonna end at a specific time, I'd use calendar (like 9:32, every time). If it's gonna end at different times (once 9:32 and next week at 9:37, for example), maybe a go to next timer would work better.

[@tag5017]

@@PaulClifford We start the services at the same times 8 & 11. Can't figure out how to get it to the next section of the playlist

[@didactic318]

Thank you!

[@PaulClifford]

You’re welcome!

[@TECHster21]

Thanks for the training. I am trying to put a countdown timer for the preservice announcement loop, but it is restarting every time it loops to the first slide. Any recommendations. Also, I could start it to countdown to a time, but we start it randomly each week at about 15-20 minutes prior to the service start based on when we get to it. So, we want a quick shortcut to put 15 for example, but not sure how. Can you help with these?

[@PaulClifford]

Put the action to start the timer on a slide in a presentation before the loop OR, disable the slide it’s on so you have to manually click on it.

[@randallhaynes8986]

Great resource, Paul, thank you! Is it any different adding a countdown clock to a video? For example, I want to show a countdown clock on our welcome video...

[@PaulClifford]

Nope. Pro7 will put a countdown over video just as easily as over a still image.

[@moorreese]

I'm on PP 7.12 and I've added both the message countdown and pro countdown to my announcement slides but they aren't showing up. I did add action>prop and it's not showing. Any ideas why?

[@PaulClifford]

Make sure it's routed correctly in the current look. That's where I'd start. Second, you said you added the message and countdown, but are adding the prop. If it's a message on the messages layer, in recent versions (over 18 months old), I'd make sure you show the message b/c props is a totally different layer. If you created a prop with that information, then showing the prop should work (if the props layer is enabled for the screen in looks).

[@EdwardHiltonM]

Thank you, Paul! For the slide timer, if one wanted to add a "service starts in:" would you put it in a separate text box?

[@PaulClifford]

So, if you're using the timer function on a particular slide (not in Props or Messages), yes. That's exactly how I'd do it.