You can add narration to PowerPoint presentations provided you have a sound card and a microphone. You can record narration for the presentation, or you can record narration during a presentation, thereby including audience comments.

Note Narration takes precedence over all sounds within a presentation. So, you should not include sound files in a presentation that includes narration, as those sound files would not be played.

To record narration

1. Open a PowerPoint presentation.



2. On the Slide Show menu, click Record Narration. A dialog box appears showing the amount of free disk space and the number of minutes you can record.



3. Do one of the following:



• To insert the narration as an embedded object, click OK.



• To insert the narration as a linked object, select the Link narrations in checkbox. Browse to the desired folder if necessary. Then, click OK to begin recording.



Note It is usually best to link long narration. Brief narration can be embedded.



4. PowerPoint switches to Slide Show. Record narration as desired.



5. When the Slide Show is finished, a message appears:



• To save the timings along with the narration, click Yes.



• To save only the narration, click No.

You know which slides contain narration because those slides contain a sound icon in the lower right corner.

Note Narration cannot be edited. If you need to make changes to the narration, you must re-record it.