How to Record Narration for Power Point Presentations.

 

Record a voice narration
To do this procedure, you'll need a microphone that is connected to your computer.

1. On the Slide Show menu, click Record Narration.
A dialog box appears showing the amount of free disk space and the number of minutes you can record.

2. If this is the first time you are recording, do the following:
Click Set Microphone Level, and follow the directions to set your microphone level.

3. Do one of the following:
To insert the narration on your slides as an embedded object and to begin recording, click OK.
To insert the narration as a linked object, select the Link narrations in check box, and then click OK to begin recording.

4. Advance through the slide show, and add narration as you go.
At the end of the show, a message appears.

5. To save the timings along with the narration, click Yes. To save only the narration, click No.
A sound icon appears in the lower-right corner of each slide that has narration.

Notes

· When you run the slide show, the narration will automatically play with the show. To run the slide show without narration, click Set Up Show on the Slide Show menu, and then select the Show without narration check box.
· Because you can't record and play sounds at the same time, while you're recording the narration, you won't hear other sounds you inserted in your slide show.
· It is recommended that the narration be an embedded sound.
· If using a link, place your files in a designated folder on the server.


Re-record voice narration

1. Display the slide where you want to start to re-record the voice narration.

2. On the Slide Show menu, click Record Narration.

3. Press ESC on the slide that follows the slide at which you want to stop your recording.
For example, if you want to re-record slides 4 through 6, finish your recording on slide 6, click to move to slide 7, and then press ESC on slide 7. If you press ESC on slide 6, you will delete the recording for that slide.

Pause or stop voice narration during recording


Right click and then click Pause Narration on the shortcut menu.
To resume recording, right click and then click Resume Narration.

Delete voice narration or a sound from a slide


Select the sound icon and then press DELETE.
Repeat for each slide you want to delete the narration or sound from.
Tip If you want to run the slide show without its narration but you don't want to delete it, click Set Up Show on the Slide Show menu, and then select the Show without narration check box.

Last Reviewed: 9/15/2006