How to add narration to selected slides (PowerPoint 2007)

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In this case, we will make use of the Record Sound feature in PowerPoint. The procedure is outlined below.

• Start PowerPoint and open the presentation you wish to add the narration to. If you are creating a new presentation, then first enter all the textual and graphic content before you proceed with adding the narration.
• Next you have to make sure that when you record your narrations, PowerPoint will embed the sound files and not link to them. This will make uploading them to/downloading from the web or emailing them much simpler. In PowerPoint 2007, click on the "Office Button. Then select "PowerPoint Options". In the new window, selected "Advanced" from the list on the left, then scroll down until you see "Save" and "Link sound files with file size greater than: xxxx KB".







• You cannot tell PowerPoint to never link to sound files, however you can tell it to only link files which are larger than a prohibitively large size. Adjust this to the maximum, 50000 KB. Click 'OK'
• Select the slide you want to add the narration to. Then, click on the Insert tab on the tool bar above. From there, click on the little arrow under the "Sound" button, and a menu will pop up. Select Record Sound.

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