Re: [libreoffice-users] Impress query

       I'm glad you know what you're after -
           maybe someone else will understand your question.

       As for me, I don't even understand the question  ;-)

       But I have noticed your name -
           makes me wonder if you know where your Brewster originated;
               possibly we're cuz  ;-)

       Yes, my mind tends to wander ... ;-)
           it ignores that which it doesn't wish to know, sticking with
that which makes sense or is mysterious or ... ... ... ;-)



On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Brewster Gillett <bg@fdi.us> wrote:


> > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Brewster Gillett <bg@fdi.us> wrote:
> > > > Running LO 3.5.7.2 under Ubuntu 12.04
> > > > > How can I insert a live countdown clock display in my slides, tied
> to
> > > > > the "Advance slide" "Automatically after" [ x seconds ]
> instruction?
> > > On Fri, 2013-05-03 at 12:40 -0500, anne-ology wrote:
> > > > In Impress, you can set each slide to appear at differing times
> > > > or you can set one time for each
> > > >
> > > >        Hoping this answers your question,
> > >
> > > bg:
> > >
> > > Though I appreciate the response, no, it doesn't even address the
> > > question I raised, which was,
> > >
> > >  " How can I insert a live countdown clock display in my slides, tied
> to
> > >    the "Advance slide" "Automatically after" [ x seconds ]
> instruction?"
> > > IOW I already know how to set the appearance duration for slides -
> > > what I couldn't find was a way to incorporate a visible countdown
> > > display into the slide to track the timing for the audience.....
> > > ...that feature may just not exist, though it sure does seem like
> > > it would be a useful one to have.
> > >
> > > Brewster
>
> On Fri, 2013-05-03 at 13:39 -0500, anne-ology wrote:
> There are numerous clock displays - surely one of these would suit
> > your purpose;
> >            just plop the clock into the slide, set its size, and  ;-)
>
> bg:
>
> I fear you have yet to grasp my intent; I have looked at several clocks,
> and saw none offering a countdown with a digital display - but that
> isn't the real question. The real question is how I might go about tying
> a countdown clock function into the slide display interval. So far I
> haven't uncovered any way of doing that without crunching code, which I
> am not nearly skilled enough to do. Actually it wouldn't have to
> communicate with Impress to accomplish that, but it would have to
> be capable of running a *repeating* cycle, once started.
>
> Let me attempt to rephrase what I'm looking for. I need a countdown
> timer (i.e. one that starts at a set interval, displays digital numbers
> following the seconds fown to zero, then resets itself to zero and
> restarts the countdown. It needs to synchronize with the interval set
> by Impress that applies to the on-screen duration of each slide.
> So for example:
>
> *  Slide rolls up on the screen    - Impress is set to display it for
>    sixty seconds before rolling up the next slide
>
> *  In a corner of the slide appears the countdown clock display - it
>    begins at 60, then goes by seconds 59, 58, 57, and down to zero, at
>    which point the next slide pops in to replace the previous slide,
>    and that next slide *also* displays the countdown timer, beginning
>    at 60 seconds, counting down again to zero.
>
> So far I have not located any clock applications which will
> automatically recycle in that fashion. If you know of any, please be so
> good as to supply a reference.
>
> Thanks,
> Brewster

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