PowerPoint Narration

Step 1 - Record narration
Step 2 - Rehearse timings

Whole presentation   Re-record Delete
Single slide Pause Rehearse timings

    

 

If you don't want narration throughout the entire slide show, you can also record separate sounds or comments on selected slides or objects.

Because voice narration takes precedence over all other sounds, if you're running a slide show that includes both narration and other sounds, only the narration will be played.

 

Record a voice narration

To do this procedure, you'll need a microphone.

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

Record a sound or comment on a single slide

To do this procedure, you'll need a microphone.

1.      Display the slide you want to add a sound to.

2.      On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Record Sound.

3.      To record the sound, click Record.

4.      When you are finished, click Stop.

5.      In the Name box, type a name for the sound, and then click OK. A sound icon appears on the slide.

Tip   To animate the sound so that it plays automatically in an animation sequence, select the sound icon, click Custom Animation on the Slide Show menu, and then select the options you want.

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

To resume recording, right-click, and then click Resume Narration.  

Delete voice narration or a sound from a slide

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.

 

Rehearse Timings (Set transition time between slides)

From the Menu Bar, click Slide Show

Click Rehearse Timings

As you view the slide show, press the space bar to go to the next slide.

Or, you can use the buttons in the 
Rehearsal dialog box to pause between slides, 
restart a slide, and advance to the next slide.
 

 

PowerPoint keeps track of how long each slide appears and sets the timing accordingly. When you finish, you can accept the timings or you can try again.

 

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Last updated June 23, 2011 ~ Mrs. K. Bradley
kbradley@otsegoknights.org