Creating Timers in ProPresenter 7

Timers have a wide range of use for services, both on-screen and on confidence monitors. This guide will give the basics on how to create a new timer, how to use themes to show on-screen, and how to assign cues to slides. This is not an exhaustive guide on times in ProPresenter 7.

Step 1: Create the Timer

Select "Timers," then click the + button in the lower right of the timers window to add a new timer.
Close the "Timers" window.

Step 2: Create a Theme for On-Screen Display

If you want this timer to show through to the switcher, you'll need to create a theme with linked text.

Click the ellipsis, then select "Theme Editor."
Click the up/down arrows in the left side pane to create a new theme, then name it and click save.
Add a new text element with the large + button in the upper left of the center section.
In the text properties, tick "Linked Text," find "Timers," then select the timer you created in Step 1.

After the theme is created, you can apply the theme to a slide to show the timer on-screen. This will be covered in a later step.

Step 3: Create a Stage Display Layout

To display the timer on a stage display, you'll either need to add a text box with linked text to an existing layout or create a new layout for the timer. In this step, you'll learn how to create a new layout for the timer.

Open the Stage Layout editor.
Create a new blank layout, then add a text element and link the text to the time created in Step 1.
Close the Stage Layout editor.

Step 4: Adding Cues to Slides for Timers

There are two main cues you'll add when using timers, one for on-screen display, and one for stage displays.

On-Screen Display

Create a new presentation, a new slide, then add a text element with linked text to the timer.
In show mode, right-click on the slide, then "Add Action," "Timer," then select the timer.
Then set the configuration of the action. It can either simply start the timer, or set the configuration and start the timer.

Stage Display Only

Either add a new slide or add these actions on an existing slide.
Right-click, go to "Add Action," then click on "Stage."
In the Stage Layouts dropdown select the stage layout that includes the timer in a linked text box.
Then choose the slide destination; either "Stage" or "Stage + Audience."
1. Selecting "Stage" will suppress the slide output on the main output.
2. Selecting "Stage + Audience" will show on both the stage display and the main output, if there are linked text boxes available.

Step 5: Resetting Stage Layouts

If you use a "Stage" action for the stage display layout, you'll need to have a cue somewhere in the playlist to clear the suppression and reset the layout to the standard layout. Follow these steps to do so.

Add a slide, or use a clear slide in any song or presentation.
Add an action, select stage, then select the layout you want to reset to, and select "Stage + Audience."

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