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Recording Voice Narration over PowerPoint
- Open your PowerPoint presentation
- Click on the Slide Show tab
- Make sure your microphone is connected and ready to use. (Hint: You can test that it's working by following the steps in the box above and checking that your video has sounds)
- Click on the Record Slide Show drop down menu, and click on "Start Recording from Beginning..." (See picture below)
- Your presentation will begin and start recording immediately.
- Click through your presentation speak as you would if you were presenting to a group.
- Once you are done, exit the slide show view, and return to the PowerPoint editing window.
- You can play it back by clicking on the Start Show from Beginning button
- You can either save your presentation as a slideshow and send that to your audience, or export it as a movie (only works on Windows)
- To export as a movie, click on "File", then "Export", then "Create Video". Make sure you have it set to "Use Recorded Timings and Narrations" and then click on the "Create Video" button under that.
- Save the video somewhere that is easier to find later.
