6 Simple Steps in Adding a Voiceover in Powerpoint For PowerPoint presentations, which are usually informative or instructional, the voiceovers should be short, concise and clear. You should ensure that you perfectly time your PowerPoint voiceover to match the correct slide. When you record the audio, use PowerPoint's slide timing features, which you can set up if you want to run the presentation automatically.
1 Check if your microphone is ready: turned on, not muted, sound mixer set at a balanced level.
2 Create a new folder and label it accordingly.
3 Save a copy of the PowerPoint file you'll be working on.
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Set up Narration Recording in PowerPoint and follow the instructions below:
a. Select the slideshow option in the menu bar. b. Click "record narration". c. Choose "change quality". d. Select "44.100kHz, 16 bit, Mono". e. Click "set microphone level" and test your microphone. f. Tick the "link narration" box. g. Choose "browse" then open the new folder you've created from the previous step and select the folder. h. Click the "OK" button and begin recording voiceovers on your slides. i. Choose "yes" every time you're asked to "save timings on the slides". j. Save the completed PowerPoint presentation again.
5 Review the audio quality of your presentation.
6 Run the entire PowerPoint
presentation to check if voiceover and slides are well synchronised.
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