Slide Recording & Exporting to .mp4 file in PowerPoint

In PowerPoint, you can record narrations, slide timings, and ink gestures to enhance the presentation. You can also save the PowerPoint presentation as a .mp4 video file. Directions:

1. Open the PowerPoint presentation. Navigate to the slide that you want to add a recording. 2. In the menu ribbon, select the Recording tab. 3. Select Record Slide Show.

4. Use the drop-down arrow under Record Slide Show and select Select Record from Current Slide. It is recommended that you record each slide separately to avoid having to restart the entire recording over again.

5. The slide show will open to the Recording window.

6. Click on the settings gear to select the integrated camera and microphone.

7. Use the buttons at the top left for starting, pausing and stopping the recording. Click the round, red

button (or press R on your keyboard) when you are ready to start the recording. A three-second countdown will begin and then recording begins. You can stop the recording any time by pressing the STOP button or Alt+S on your keyboard.

8. Navigation arrows on either side of the current slide allow you to move to the previous and next slides. PowerPoint automatically records the time you spend on each slide.

9. You can record audio or video narration as you run through your presentation. The buttons at the lower-right corner of the window allow you to toggle on or off the microphone, camera, and camera preview.

10. If you use the pen, highlighter, or eraser tools, PowerPoint records those actions for playback also. You can pick a pointer tool (pen, eraser, or highlighter) from the array of tools just below the current slide. There are also color selection boxes for changing the color of the ink. (Eraser is grayed out unless you have previously added ink to some slides.)

11. If you re-record your narration (including audio and ink), PowerPoint erases your previously recorded narration (including audio and ink) before you start recording again on the same slide. You can also re-record by going to Slide Show > Record Slide Show.

12. To end your recording, select the square Stop button (or press S on your keyboard).

13. When you finish recording your narration, an image with the video of the recording will now appear in the lower right-hand corner of the slide. Recording without video will display the sound icon.

14. The recorded slide show timing is automatically saved. (In Slide Sorter view, the timings are listed beneath each slide.) Preview your presentation by selecting the Slide Show tab and then Play from

beginning.

15. To export the PowerPoint presentation to a video, select Export to Video.

16. Use the drop-down arrow to select Standard (480p) for the file type and then select Create Video.

17. Select the save destination, name the file, then press Save.