Speak clearly into the microphone to begin your narration. To advance to the next slide, click the slide in the recording window, or press the Right Arrow key on your keyboard. You can pause the recording at any time by clicking the Pause button. Click to resume recording. To stop recording, click.
We have recently discovered that there is a known issue impacting PowerPoint audio narration on Mac computers. When recording audio narrations in PowerPoint, the audio can get randomly cut off. There are reported issues of this happening in Office 2004, 2008 and 2011. Currently, we have a few workarounds for those mac users who are looking to record audio narrated PowerPoint’s.
The best solution for the problem is to record your PowerPoint audio narrations on a PC. This is by far the easiest solution, and you can continue using the same audio narrations function in PowerPoint to handle the recording. UW-Whitewater Faculty and Staff are welcome to contact the Learning Technology Center for assistance.
- Do not save the slide timings when recording. After you are done recording your narration, PowerPoint will prompt you if you would like to save the slide timings. Click “No” to this box. The down side is that the user will need to manually click through the PowerPoint.
- Record one slide at a time. Some users have had luck inserting the audio slide by slide, instead of using the built in audio narration functionality. To do this, click on the “Insert” menu, choose “Audio” and select “Record”.
- Use a 3rd party application. Audio can be recorded in applications like Audacity or GarageBand and exported as a MP3 file. Each slide would need to be recorded and added into the PowerPoint separately.
If you have any additional questions regarding this, please contact the Learning Technology Center.
Creating a Narrated PowerPoint Presentation for Online Delivery
How to Add Narration to a PowerPoint Presentation (Mac)
To narrate an entire presentation:
1. Plug in your microphone (if necessary) and open up your PowerPoint presentation.
2. On the top menu click, Slide Show > Record Narration.
1. Plug in your microphone (if necessary) and open up your PowerPoint presentation.
2. On the top menu click, Slide Show > Record Narration.
3. Set the sound input device and the input source.
- If you are using the built-in microphone, select the sound input device as Built-in Audio and the input source as Line In.
- If you are using an external device, such as a headset, select the name of the device from the list for both the sound input device and input source.
4. Under the Linked Narration heading ensure that “Link narrations” is unchecked.
5. When ready to start recording narration, click Record. This full screens the presentation and stars the recording. Mouse click or hit spacebar to advance to the next slide.
6. When you come to the last slide in your presentation and finish your recording, wait 5 seconds to ensure the audio file is not clipped. Press the escape key.
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7. When prompted: “The narrations have been saved with each slide. Do you want to save the slide timing as well?' click Yes if you want to save the timings and No if you don’t.
8. If you clicked yes, when prompted: “Do you want to review timings in slide sorter view?” click Yes if you want to review the timings and No if you do not.
Narration cannot be stopped on a particular slide. If you exit a narration and then go to Slide Show > Record Narration it will always start at the beginning of the presentation.
Narration cannot be stopped on a particular slide. If you exit a narration and then go to Slide Show > Record Narration it will always start at the beginning of the presentation.
To re-record a single slide:
1. Navigate to the slide that you would like to rerecord. Select the audio icon and press delete.
2. Click the Transitions tab, then Options. Under Advance Slide, uncheck “Automatically after … seconds”. Click Apply.
1. Navigate to the slide that you would like to rerecord. Select the audio icon and press delete.
2. Click the Transitions tab, then Options. Under Advance Slide, uncheck “Automatically after … seconds”. Click Apply.
3. Click Insert > Sound and Music > Record Sound…
4. Set the sound input device and the input source.
- If you are using the built-in microphone, select the sound input device as Built-in Audio and the input source as Line In.
- If you are using an external device, such as a headset, select the name of the device from the list for both the sound input device and input source.
5. Click the Record button to begin recording. Use either Pause or Stop to end your recording.
6. To play back your recording, click Play.
7. When the recording is complete, in the Name field, type a name for your recording and click Save.
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8. To sync the sound with the slide, right click on the speaker icon and go to Slideshow > Custom Animation. Click on the Add Media Actions icon and select Play. From the Start drop-down list, select With Previous.
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