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Recording Narration to a Slide Presentation
 

 

From the Slide Show menu, select the Record Narration option.


 

 

As the tip in the window suggests, for longer narrations you should save the audio files outside of the PowerPoint presentation and Link the two together.  This is easily accomplished by checking the "Link narrations in:" box as shown below.


 

 

To select where the audio files will be saved on your computer, click the Select button and specify the location.
 

 

Click the OK button to initiate the sound recorder.  Be prepared to begin speaking as soon as you click the OK button!
 

 

Once you click the OK button, the title slide will appear on your screen and you should begin speaking into the microphone.  Press the keyboard spacebar or click the mouse to advance to the next slide and continue with your narration.
 

 

When you are finished with your narration, press the keyboard's ESCAPE key to stop the audio recorder.  You will be prompted to save the narration.
 
  If you make a mistake on a slide or two, it is no problem to go back to those slides and re-record narration.  Instead of selecting the title slide, select the slide that you want to edit the narration and follow the steps above.
 
    NOTE:  If you plan on moving the presentation to another computer, you MUST bring the PowerPoint file and the audio files that you created. The easiest way to accomplish this is to use the Make Movie option from the File menu.

 

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