Help powerpoint learn to wait until your in-poll build is complete before auto-advancing the slide
When using AutoAdvance in a PowerPoint show, polls that build on-screen (like free text) get cut short. The auto advance timer ignores your on-screen animation and advances whether the poll is finished or not. This is not the case with native PowerPoint animations. There is a flag to show when the animation is complete and the Transition routine checks that flag before triggering the transition. It would be great if your add-in could also set/clear that same flag. Then the PPT would wait until the poll finishes loading before firing the slide transition. That would allow your polls to work like native PowerPoint objects do.
Unfortunately the timer is tied to when a poll is activated. Once you present the poll, the timer will begin. We have no plans to separate the two. We’re doing this primarily to ensure that everyone is able to respond and to stay consistent about when the timer starts for all presenters. Sorry we can’t accommodate your use case.