It’s very important that you prepare for your presentation.
Rehearsing has several benefits. First, during rehearsal you can save
timings that can be used to advance your slides automatically or you can
record a narration. Even if you don’t use those timings to navigate
your presentation, they help you anticipate whether your presentation
runs under or over the allotted time. In addition, rehearsing helps you
spot problems in running your presentation, such as animations that take
a long time to play or type that is hard to read.
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Attach a microphone to your computer if one is not built in. -
Click the Slide Show tab. -
Click the arrow on the Record Slide Show button, and choose to record from the beginning or from the currently displayed slide.
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In the dialog box that appears, choose to record narrations and laser pointers, and then click the Start Recording button.
Tip
Your sound quality is better if you have a more sensitive microphone.
It might be worth spending a bit more for a better microphone headset
to provide quality recording. Typically, an outlet for plugging in a
microphone or a headset is on the back or front of your computer, and no
other special hardware is required.
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You can clear timings you recorded previously by clicking the Record
Slide Show button and choosing Clear. In the menu that appears, you can
clear timings or narrations on the current slide or for all slides
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The presentation begins, and the Recording dialog box appears in the
upper-left corner. Navigate through the presentation reading your
narration into your microphone. -
To stop recording at any point, click the Close button on the Recording dialog box.
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Click the Slide Show tab. -
Click Rehearse Timings.
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Navigate through your slide show, displaying each slide for the
approximate length of time you want to show it and discuss its contents.
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When the slide show is done, in the dialog box that displays the
total time for the show, click Yes to keep the settings or No to discard
them.
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Click the Slide Sorter view button and note that saved timings appear beneath slides.
Tip
If you add to or change the content of your presentation in
any way, you might want to change the saved timings. To save new
timings, simply run the Rehearse Timings feature again and save the
timings. Only one set of timings can be saved with your slides.
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