Closing the voting for specific slides can be useful if you need to explain a question before your audience votes, or for any other reason where you do not wish the participants to vote on a question at that moment.
If you want to close the voting completely for all slides, you can turn off the audience access instead.
How to close the voting
You can close and open the voting for a specific slide from both the Edit View and the Presentation View.
Close voting from the Edit View:
Select the slide you want to close voting for
In the “Content” tab, toggle “Enable voting”
Close voting from the Presentation View:
Go to the slide you want to close the voting for
Open the Presentation Menu in the lower left corner
Click on “Close voting” or use the shortcut “C” on your keyboard
Note: It is not possible to close the voting for Quiz Competition or Q&A slides.
How to open the voting
To let your audience vote again, simply go back into the Presentation Menu and click on “Open voting”, or use the shortcut “C” on your keyboard to toggle between opening and closing the voting while presenting in fullscreen.
From the Edit View you can open voting again by unchecking the box “Close voting” in the “Customize” tab.
Start a Countdown
You can also set a timer to start a countdown that closes the voting:
Go to the slide you want to close the voting for
Open the presentation menu in the lower left corner
Click on 'Start countdown'
Select the time
Wait until the voting is closed
Pro tip: You can also use the hotkeys shown next to times above to start the countdown. By pressing them again on your keyboard you will add another minute/30 seconds/10 seconds to the countdown.