1. Adding Narration to PowerPoint John Westfall

2. Record this slide Follow the instructions Start the recording End the recording Remember the linked files must travel with the PowerPoint presentation

3. Narration Setup

4. Setup you microphone Insert microphone into computer audio input Make sure Sound control panel is not set to “Mute” Start/settings/control panel/Sounds and Audio Devices

5. Prepare PowerPoint Put your PowerPoint file into a new folder The files you record will also go into this folder As you record each screen, PowerPoint will insert it and link your presentation to the new audio file. While you could record all your slides with a single audio file, you have more editing options when recording for each slide separately. The audio files must always go with the presentation. (Just copy the folder wherever you need it) Write your voice over script for your audio file into the notes page for each screen that you intend to record for. Print out the “notes” page handout from your PowerPoint presentation

6. Recording on a Slide 1 On the Outline tab or Slides tab in the normal view, select the slide you want to start the recording on. On the Slide Show menu, click Record Narration Open your PowerPoint presentation

7. Recording on a Slide 2 Click Set Microphone Level and follow the directions Select Link narrations in check box, and click Browse

8. Recording on a Slide 3 Browse to the same folder that contains your PowerPoint file and click the Select button Select Current Slide Click Change Quality and select setting “22.05, 16bit, mono”

9. Recording on a Slide 4 The program will move to the Slide Show View and recording will begin. To pause or resume while recording, right-click the slide and use it’s menu. The “Escape” button on your computer will stop the recording for this screen. The recording will be automatically saved with the presentation name and a sequential number. The last dialog box has 2 options: –1 set the auto slide transition based on the length of the audio recording –2 do not set a slide transition timing based on the recording. »You can always modify the timing for a slide transition from the slideshow menu

10. Recording on a Slide 5 To re-record a slide Delete the on slide “sound icon” Delete the audio file from the folder Begin the recording process again