...University of Phoenix Material Recording a Narration If you are creating a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that people will view on their own machines rather than during a speaker-led meeting, or if you are archiving a presentation and want to include the speaker’s comments, you can add narration to the presentation. To record a sound, your computer must have a sound card. You also need a microphone—one might be built in to your computer, or you can connect an external handheld or headset microphone to your computer. Use the following steps to record a narration: 1. Open the presentation in which you want to record a narration and display the first slide. 2. Click the Insert tab, click the Sound arrow in the Media Clips menu, then click Record Sound. 3. Locate the Record Sound dialog box. Enter a name for the recording in the Name box, and then click the Play button. 4. Discuss the points associated with the first slide, just as if you were giving the presentation to a live audience, and then click the Stop button. 5. Click the Play button to review the recording. If you do not like what you hear, click Cancel and repeat Steps 2 through 4 to record the speaker’s comments again. 6. Click OK when you are satisfied with the recording. The recording appears on the slide as a sound object. 7. Repeat Steps 2 through 5 for each slide that you want to narrate. 8. Test the narration by running the presentation in Slide Show view. The narration...
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