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Narrating a Presentation
In a private area such as an office lobby you can run a presentation with narration so viewers can hear and see the presentation. To narrate your presentation, select the Slide Show tab on the Ribbon, select the slide to start narrating from and click the Record Narration option.
Click OK to continue and PowerPoint will display your presentation and you can speak into the microphone to discuss the slide contents. Move forward from one slide to the next, speaking into the microphone. When you are done the narrations are saved automatically with the slides and you should click Save when prompted to save the slide timings as well.
In Slide Sorter View you will see each slide has a different timing — this is the number below its bottom left corner. This corresponds with the time that the slide appeared on the screen as you were narrating the presentation. Set up the slideshow using Slide Show > Set Up Slide Show in the same way as you would a slide show that is not narrated.
Similarly you can configure individual slide timings without narration by choosing Slide Show > Rehearse Timings. Step through the presentation advancing from one slide to the next as you would want you viewer to see the slide show. At the end of the rehearsal you will be prompted to save the timings and these will become the new timings for the kiosk presentation.
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