11.8. Record a Narration

If you do not intend to present your PowerPoint show live, or you are presenting it on the Web, you may want to record a narration that talks the viewer through your key points. Recording a narration also sets up your presentation to advance automatically at the end of each slide's narration.

Record a Narration

1 Plug a microphone into your computer.

2 Click the Slide Show tab.

3 Click Record Narration.

The Record Narration dialog box appears.

4 Click Set Microphone Level.

The Microphone Check dialog box opens.

5 Read the suggested text into your microphone.

PowerPoint checks that your microphone is working properly. ...

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