{"id":13933,"date":"2022-10-04T06:35:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T06:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slidebazaar.com\/blog\/?p=13933"},"modified":"2022-12-13T11:34:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T11:34:20","slug":"how-to-add-narration-to-powerpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slidebazaar.com\/blog\/how-to-add-narration-to-powerpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Narration to a PowerPoint Presentation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">A PowerPoint presentation may not be presented in front of an audience in all cases. There are times when the presentation is directly given to a person or a group of people, instead of giving it in front of an audience. It is ideal to give an explanation of the presentation by adding a voiceover narration or even a video narration. If you only want to record the narration for a single slide, you can do that as well. Once you have added the narration, it is like any other presentation &#8211; you can either present it in front of an audience or simply save it as a video file.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">So, how do you create a narrated PowerPoint presentation? Read on to find it out.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Table of contents<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">The 2 Different Narration Tools in PowerPoint<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Get a Quiet Place to Record<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Set up your Microphone (Fancy Equipment Not Required)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Audio Narration: How to Record Audio on PowerPoint?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Step 1: Find the Record Sound dialog box<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Step 2: Record the audio<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Step 3: Choose when the audio should play<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Step 4: Delete or overwrite a previous narration file<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Audio + Video Narration: How to Record SlideShow on PowerPoint?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Step 1: Find the Record Slide Show dialog box<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Step 2: The recording process<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Step 3: Choose when the narration should play<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Step 4: All the features in the Slide Show Record option<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">How to clear your Timings and Narrations?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">How to Compress your PowerPoint Narrations?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">How to add narration to PowerPoint 2013 &#8211; 2019?<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>The 2 Different Narration Tools in PowerPoint<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Tool 1 &#8211; Record Audio: <\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">The Record Audio tool is a simple and handy tool within PowerPoint that is capable of recording audio with ease. This tool is only capable of voice narration and will only allow recording for one slide at a time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Tool 2 &#8211; Record Slide Show:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">The best form of narration on PowerPoint is done using the Record Slide Show tool. It lets you record both audio and video narration at a time. You can even record the complete presentation in one go instead of going slide-by-slide. It also set slide timings automatically. So, it will be useful later when you try to convert PowerPoint into a video.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>First things first: get a quiet place to record<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">The very first step in creating a PowerPoint narration is to find a distraction-free zone. You might use the most advanced noise-canceling microphone, yet a noisy background can distract you. If you are using a normal recording setup, then you will have a hard time recording narration without disturbances. Look around carefully before recording to avoid disturbances from the streets with cars honking, people making noise, noisy air conditioners or refrigerators, or even noise from cell phones, and doorbells.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">This may not seem important as you read. But, it is very crucial while you actually record. Imagine being in the middle of a narration and getting interrupted by a colleague. The noise that they made can cause disturbance and them interrupting what you were already doing can distract you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Set up your microphone (no need of fancy recording gear!)<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Yes, you read it right. You don\u2019t need fancy equipment or a studio-like setup to narrate your presentation. You are good to go with the built-in microphone on your computer. In fact, in most cases, you don\u2019t really need any audio recording devices if it\u2019s a simple concept-explaining presentation. However, you can invest in an external microphone only if the presentation is extremely important or if you are creating training materials.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">What if your mic wasn\u2019t functioning all along the narration process? You would never want that to happen. So, you need to set up your microphone before starting the narration. Firstly, check if you have plugged in the mic in the first place. If you have done that, test and troubleshoot the audio quality of the mic. You can do this by right-clicking on the speaker icon in the taskbar, clicking on <\/span><b>Sound settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, selecting your Input device, and choosing to <\/span><b>Troubleshoot <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">under <\/span><b>Test and troubleshoot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Pro tip:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> If your microphone is still not working, simply connect all audio and video equipment to the computer, and restart it. In most cases, this action fixes the audio issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-audio-narration-how-to-record-audio-on-powerpoint\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audio Narration: How to Record Audio on PowerPoint?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Adding audio to a PowerPoint presentation is the most basic form of creating a narration. This tool can be used to simply drop voice notes on your slides even if you don\u2019t plan to add narration to your PowerPoint. In such cases, this becomes a useful feature if you want to immediately capture your thoughts and ideas about a slide without having to write them down.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">With that aside, let\u2019s start with the actual step of adding audio to PowerPoint.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 1: Find the Record Sound dialog box<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Firstly, click on <\/span><b>Insert <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">from the PowerPoint ribbon. You will see the <\/span><b>Audio <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">dropdown option towards the right side of the screen; click on the dropdown and select <\/span><b>Record Audio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Note that this tool will only let you record audio for one slide at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 2: Record the audio<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">A dialog box pops up after performing the previous action. Start with naming the audio by filling the <\/span><b>Audio <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">textbox.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Click on the button with the red dot to <\/span><b>Record<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, use the stop button to <\/span><b>Stop<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, and the play button to <\/span><b>Play\/Listen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> to your narration. Finally, hit <\/span><b>OK <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">to save the audio.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">This action will add a little audio icon over your slide, and you can move it around or resize it as you like. Simply tap on this icon to play the recorded narration\/ audio in the normal view or the slide show view of the presentation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 3: Choose when the audio should play<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">There are multiple ways of playing your audio in a PowerPoint presentation. You can choose how and when the audio should play on a slide. The audio will automatically play if you don\u2019t manually set this. To find these options, click on the audio icon, and navigate to the Playback tab that appears. Next to Start, there will be 3 options &#8211; <\/span><b>In Click Sequence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, <\/span><b>Automatically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, and <\/span><b>When Clicked On<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Here is what these options can do:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>In Click Sequence: <\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">This option plays the audio file automatically with a click. It basically plays as part of the click sequence of actions that happen on the slide. The audio plays right before you go to the next slide if there are no other sequences set up on the slide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Automatically: <\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">This option will play the audio as soon as you get on to the slide, without any click or playing right before you go to the next slide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>When Clicked On: <\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">This option lets the audio play only when someone clicks on the icon during the presentation in the Slide Show mode. So, if you are running out of time while presenting, you can easily skip playing the audio.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 4: Delete or overwrite a previous narration file<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Suppose you recorded a narration file, but feel that it isn\u2019t up to your expectation, you can straight away remove it using the <\/span><b>Delete <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">key on your keyboard. Suppose you want to overwrite the existing narration, go to the <\/span><b>Record Audio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> dialog box again and repeat the recording process. This action will replace the audio. Note that this means you can\u2019t have 2 audio files existing on the same slide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Audio + Video Narration: How to Record SlideShow on PowerPoint?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">The best way to narrate is by coupling audio and video. The<\/span><b> Record Slide Show<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> tool does exactly that; you are free to record audio and video together as well as separately. It is the best tool for recording narration on PowerPoint so far. With this tool, you can narrate the entire presentation in one go, unlike the Record Audio tool which would only allow you to go slide-by-slide. Another useful feature is that you can use the pen, highlighter, &amp; laser pointer tools and record it. Besides these features, you can easily pause and restart your recording at any time. The best part is that it automatically records slide timings, thereby helping you create a video out of the presentation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">With that aside, let&#8217;s start with using this tool.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 1: Find the Record Slide Show dialog box<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Start with identifying the <\/span><b>Record <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">tool under <\/span><b>Slide Show<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">. You will find this when you click on the <\/span><b>Slide Show<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> tab from the ribbon, click on the <\/span><b>Record <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">tool, and select <\/span><b>From Beginning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> from the dropdown. Note that, the recording will start from the current slide if the <\/span><b>Record <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">tool is directly clicked on instead of using the dropdown. After this action, you are ready to start recording your narration.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 2: The recording process<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">The previous action opened a screen where you can work on the narration recording. Before you start, ensure that the microphones and camera are turned on and working well. You can find the <\/span><b>Record<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, <\/span><b>Stop <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">and <\/span><b>Replay <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">buttons on the top left corner of the screen. As you record, you will want to move to the subsequent slides which can be easily done by using the arrow keys.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Feel free to use the pause button that appears once you start recording. This can be very useful if you want to think, organize your thoughts, and then give them out. Once the recording gets over, the video and\/or audio file corresponding to each slide gets added to the lower right-hand corners of each individual slide. This becomes handy when you start reviewing the recording from each slide.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Just like the <\/span><b>Record Audio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> option, the video narration slide per slide can just be one file. So, if you re-record the audio or video, it gets overwritten. But, here\u2019s a pro tip: You can have two narration files on a single slide by recording one with the <\/span><b>Record Audio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> tool and the other with the<\/span><b> Record Slide Show<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> tool.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 3: Choose when the narration should play<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">By default, the recorded Slide Show\/ narration is set to play <\/span><b>Automatically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">. This means that the recording will play from the beginning or from the current whenever you run the presentation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">You can alter this setting just like the way you did it for the audio. The steps are as follows. Click on the narration file from the slide, click on the <\/span><b>Playback <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">tab placed on the right side, click on the dropdown placed against <\/span><b>Start<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, and you will see 3 options to choose from. They are <\/span><b>In Click Sequence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, <\/span><b>Automatically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, and <\/span><b>When Clicked On<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">. Just like the audio, when the video plays as a part of the click sequence of actions that occur on the slide, the option selected is <\/span><b>In Click Sequence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">. If the narration video plays as soon as you are on the slide or advances to a slide, the option is set as <\/span><b>Automatically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">. Finally, the option is set as&nbsp; <\/span><b>When Clicked On <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">if you want the narration to play only when you click on it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Step 4: All the features in the Slide Show Record option<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Here are all the different features from the Slide Show Record option.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><b>Recording options:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> There is a <\/span><b>Record <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">button to start the recording; you can simply click the letter <\/span><b>R <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">on the keyboard otherwise. Click on the letter <\/span><b>I <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">on the keyboard to <\/span><b>Pause <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">the recording. Use the letter <\/span><b>S <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">or click on the <\/span><b>Stop <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">button to stop the recording. Remember to use the arrow keys to move to the next slide\u2019s narration instead of using the <\/span><b>Stop <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">button. You can also <\/span><b>Replay <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">a slide\u2019s narration. It&#8217;s just that the button turns active after you record the full narration of the slide.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><b>Speaker Notes options: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">This is a useful option while recording since the narrator can keep their notes here and refer to it time-to-time. The best part is that the action of opening and closing the speaker notes pane will not get recorded. This pane is fairly small in size and cannot be resized. However, you can control the font size of the notes. You can either click on <\/span><b>Notes <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">or use the letter <\/span><b>N <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">from the keyboard.<\/span><\/li><li><b>Clear Recordings options:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> You can always click on the cross button to <\/span><b>Clear Recordings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> if you don\u2019t like it. You can choose to remove recordings from the slide you are in or from the complete presentation as well. Just note that this step removes both slide timings and narrations.<\/span><\/li><li><b>Input options for Camera and Microphone: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Right next to the Clear Recordings option, you can find the Input Options. Use the Microphone option to select the microphone you want to record with. Similarly, the Camera option lets you choose the system\u2019s camera or external webcam to record with.<\/span><\/li><li><b>Advance Slide options:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> You can click on the arrow button placed on the left and right sides of the slide if you want to advance a slide to the next one or move back to the previous slides. Suppose you have animations or music lined up in the upcoming slides; these would play first and advance to the other slides as you click forward. Also, note that you are not allowed to go to the previous slide if the narration is being recorded. This is simply because the re-recording of a narration overwrites the previous one.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><b>On\/Off &#8211; Camera, microphone, and Camera Preview:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> Below the slide, towards the right side, you will find 3 little icons indicating <\/span><b>Microphone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, <\/span><b>Camera<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, and <\/span><b>Camera Preview<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">. You can click on them to turn them on and off. Camera Preview is useful when you want to stop seeing yourself on the screen being recording during the narration. Also, note that turning the Camera Preview off won\u2019t remove the thumbnail icon of you on the lower right-hand corner of the slide.<\/span><\/li><li><b>Ink options &#8211; Eraser, Pen, and Highlighter: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">You can write over the slide using a <\/span><b>Pen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, highlight anything using the <\/span><b>Highlighter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, and remove it using the <\/span><b>Eraser<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">. You can skip going to the bottom bar to click on each of these. Instead, you can use the shortcuts <\/span><b>Ctrl + P <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">for the <\/span><b>Pen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, <\/span><b>Ctrl + I<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> for the <\/span><b>Highlighter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, and <\/span><b>Ctrl + E<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> for the <\/span><b>Eraser<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">. Using these tools while the recording is on can make the narration interesting.<\/span><\/li><li><b>Slide Timings options: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">This section gives you information about how long you have spent on each slide, and on the slide number on which you are right now. This is useful if you want to have a tab on the time taken, especially if you plan on converting the PowerPoint presentation into a video.<\/span><\/li><li><b>Close \/ Minimize options: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">You can exit from the recording setup by clicking on the <\/span><b>Close<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">\/ <\/span><b>Minimize <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">button in the top right corner. Or use the <\/span><b>Esc <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">key on your keyboard to exit.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>How to set the slide timings manually in PowerPoint?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">By default, PowerPoint records the slide timings as you narrate. But, if you want to specifically control the duration each slide consumes, PowerPoint has a way for that too. First, select the slide whose timing needs to be set. Now, head over to the&nbsp; <\/span><b>Transitions <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">tab on the ribbon, find the <\/span><b>Timing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">group placed toward the right side, and tick on the <\/span><b>After <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">checkbox under <\/span><b>Advance Slide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">. Enter the number of seconds you want the slide to appear on the box placed next to it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Further, tick on the <\/span><b>On Mouse Click <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">check box too if you want the next slide to appear via your manual click or automatically after the number of seconds gets over.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Slide timings get useful in a lot of instances. One such case is when you have an unnecessary narration or audio at the end of a slide, you can skip it from playing by setting the time for advancing to the next slide a little bit early.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>How to clear your Timings and Narrations?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">You can clear both Timings and Narrations from the Normal View of PowerPoint by following these steps. Head over to the PowerPoint ribbon,\u00a0 click on the <\/span><b>Slide Show<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> tab and open the <\/span><b>Record <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">dropdown. You will find the <\/span><b>Clear <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">option below the 2 recording options. Further, it will let you choose 4 options &#8211; <\/span><b>Clear Timing on Current Slide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, <\/span><b>Clear Timings on All Slides<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, <\/span><b>Clear Narration on Current Slides<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, and <\/span><b>Clear Narration on All Slides<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">. Just as they say in simple English, there are options to remove timing from an individual slide as well as from the complete presentation. Similarly, the narration can be cleared from an individual slide as well as from the complete presentation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>How to compress your PowerPoint narrations?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Once you are done with the recordings, the narrated PowerPoint is going to have an enormous size. So, the best way to go about is to compress the PowerPoint presentation after adding these narrations. This way, it would be convenient for you to share it with someone. Here\u2019s how you compress PowerPoint. Go to your <\/span><b>Files <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">tab, select <\/span><b>Info<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, click on the<\/span><b> Compress Media <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">drop-down, and finally choose the compression quality of your preference (1080p, 720p, or 480p). By default, PowerPoint records audio and video in Full HD (1080p). In such cases, you need to go for either the HD (720p) or Standard (480p) options if you can\u2019t afford to manage storage space.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slidebazaar.com\/blog\/how-to-compress-powerpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To know more about compressing your PowerPoint files, check out this article<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>How to add narration to PowerPoint 2013 &#8211; 2019?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Not everyone would be using the latest version of Microsoft PowerPoint. So the steps mentioned above might not be handy for those people. Here are the detailed steps to narrate a PowerPoint presentation with versions from 2013 to 2019.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 500;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Start with opening your presentation, go to the<\/span><b> Slide Show<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> tab, and click on <\/span><b>Record Slide Show<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">. You can click on the upper half of the button to start from the current slide. You get an option to start from the beginning or from the current slide upon clicking the lower half of the button.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 500;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">You will be able to see the <\/span><b>Clear <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">option grayed out if there is no previous recording. Be careful around this option since accidentally clicking can erase all your narrations and\/or timings.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 500;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">The <\/span><b>Record Slide Show<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> pop-up box that appears after the previous step will have two checkboxes, which will be mentioned in detail below. You can tick or untick them and hit the <\/span><b>Start Recording <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">button.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Checkbox 1 &#8211; Slide and animation timings: <\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Tick on this checkbox if you want PowerPoint to record the time you spend on each slide which can include the use of any action triggers and animation playing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Checkbox 2 &#8211; Narrations, ink, and laser pointer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Ticking on this checkbox lets you record your voice as you advance through the presentation. It also records the use of tools like the pen, highlighter, eraser, and laser pointer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Quick note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">For PowerPoint 2013, February 16, 2015 update, and beyond, the pen, highlighter, and eraser recording are available. For all the versions before it, the pen and highlighter strokes are saved as ink annotation shapes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">You can use the buttons that indicate to go to the next slide, pause the recording, and re-record the current slide from the <\/span><b>Recording <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">toolbar on the\u00a0 top left corner of the window.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Note that re-recording on PowerPoint erases your previously recorded narration which can include audio, ink, and laser pointer. You can re-record by simply starting the recording again on the same slide.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Tools like <\/span><b>Laser Pointer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, <\/span><b>Pen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, <\/span><b>Highlighter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">, and <\/span><b>Eraser <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">can be selected by right-clicking the slide and selecting the <\/span><b>Pointer <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">options. Also, use<\/span><b> Ink Color<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> to change the color of the ink.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Right-clicking on the final slide and clicking <\/span><b>End Show<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> ends the recording.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">You will be able to see a sound icon appears in the lower-right corner of each slide at the end of the narration. Not just that, the timings of the recordings will be automatically saved and you can view them from the\u00a0 Slide Sorter view just beneath each slide.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">You can find all narration files embedded in each slide, which can be played in Slide Show just like animations, inking actions, laser pointers, etc. The audio narration can be previewed from the <\/span><b>Normal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">view by clicking on the sound icon in the lower-right corner of the slide and clicking the <\/span><b>Play <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">button.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Although PowerPoint automatically records slide timings, you can manually change the timings for each slide. Head over to the <\/span><b>Transitions <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">tab, find\u00a0 <\/span><b>Advance Slide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> under the <\/span><b>Timing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">group, and select the <\/span><b>After <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">check box, to enter the number of seconds the slide should appear.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Use the <\/span><b>Clear <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">option to remove timings or narration from a slide. Here are the 4 clear options you will see (which are all self-explanatory):\u00a0<\/span><br>  <span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Delete the timings on the currently selected slide<\/span><br>  <span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Delete the timings on all slides at once<\/span><br>  <span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Delete the narration on the currently selected slide<\/span><br>  <span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Delete the narration on all slides at once<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">After recording, the narration and timings that appear along with the slide can be turned off if you want. Simply use the<\/span><b> Use Timings <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">box on the <\/span><b>Slide Show<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> tab to turn off recorded slide timings and clear the<\/span><b> Play Narrations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\"> box to turn off recorded narrations, ink, and the laser pointer.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 500;\">Start recording narration before sharing your PowerPoint presentation with someone. Make it a little easy and interesting for them. Moreover, pour in your creativity through narrations and help people better understand what you want to convey. We hope this article was helpful. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A PowerPoint presentation may not be presented in front of an audience in all cases. 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