Recording sound---then re-recording over (ie. revising)

[mauirainman]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Once I have put a narration in a presentation, can I revise it?

It turns out that recording narration as the show plays is too difficult.

I now would like to choose each slide within the presentation and start fresh with a recording for each one, with time to breath in between.

Is it possible?

Alternatively, can I save a presentation in to a format that ignores sound... and then change format again ...and then add sound, one slide at a time?

I feel like a lame dummy... but I can't find any answer in the PP help files...

Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Once I have put a narration in a presentation, can I revise it?

It turns out that recording narration as the show plays is too difficult.

I now would like to choose each slide within the presentation and start fresh with a recording for each one, with time to breath in between.

Is it possible?

Alternatively, can I save a presentation in to a format that ignores sound... and then change format again ...and then add sound, one slide at a time?

I feel like a lame dummy... but I can't find any answer in the PP help files...

Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!

Hi,

There's no sound editing feature in PowerPoint. You delete the sound
from the slide then record a new one and put it in its place.

There is an excellent, free sound editor called Audacity.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

When I want to record sounds, I pretend Audacity is part of PowerPoint
and use it as my sound recording and editing tool. Then I use Insert >
Sound > From File when I'm happy with the sound.

Recording narrations sounds so easy, yet to get the narration"just
right" it takes a script and several takes every time (at least for me).

-Jim

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Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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