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How to Add, Record or Edit Audio or Music in PowerPoint

Do you want to set the right mood and keep your audience engaged and entertained during your next presentation? In this new Slidesgo School tutorial, you’ll learn how to add audio or music to your presentations . You’ll also find out how to edit them to your liking .

Adding Audio from your Computer

Recording audio from powerpoint, editing audio, adding online audio, adding music from youtube, playing several clips in succession during your presentation.

• Before we begin, please note the following: in PowerPoint 2010 or older, you should use .wav or .wma files in Windows, and .wav files in Mac. If you’re using a newer version, we recommend that you work with AAC .m4a files.
• Open your PowerPoint presentation and select the slide where you want to add audio.
• On the Insert tab, in the Media group, click the Audio drop-down arrow. You’ll see two options: the first one allows you to add audio from your PC, whereas the second one allows you to record audio (you’ll need to have a microphone set up in your computer).
• Select Audio from My PC. A new window will open, where you have to locate the audio file you want to add to your presentation.
• Once located, click the drop-down arrow next to Insert. You’ll see two options:
• If you choose Insert , the audio will be directly inserted into your presentation, increasing the size of the document.
• If you choose Link to File , a link to the file will be created, reducing the size of the document. However, there could be issues if you use the presentation in a different computer, forcing you to link the audio file to the presentation again.
• Select the option that best suits your needs.
• If you want to export any audio included in your PowerPoint presentation, right-click its icon → Save Media As (you can only do this with audio inserted from your PC).
• Please note that if you want to play a different audio in each slide, you’ll need to add the audio files one by one. You’ll also need to uncheck “Play Across Slides”. You can refer to the “ Editing Audio ” section in this tutorial if you want more information.
• On the Insert tab, in the Media group, click the Audio drop-down arrow. Select Record Audio. A new window will open.
• Enter the name of the audio file you’re about to record.
• Press Record to start recording. To stop, press the Stop button. To play what you’ve recorded, press Play.
• If you’re happy with what you’ve recorded, click OK. If that’s not the case, click Cancel.
• Select the audio whose format you want to adjust. A new set of tabs, called Audio Tools, will appear on the toolbar.
• In the Bookmarks group, you’ll find an option to add bookmarks, which will be visible in the timeline. These can be helpful if you want to quickly find the main points in your audio during the presentation.
• In the Editing group, there are options to add a fade in and a fade out. You’ll also find the Trim Audio option. If you click it, a new window will open, where you can set the start point and the end point of the audio clip.
• In the Audio Options group, you’ll find the following options to adjust the behavior of the audio clip:
• Volume: It allows you to set the volume of the clip.
• Start: Click the drop-down arrow to choose how you want the audio to start. If you’re using Office 2010, you’ll also find an option here to play the audio clip during the entire presentation.
• Loop until Stopped: Once the audio clip finishes, it starts again indefinitely until you stop it.
• Play Across Slides: If you enable this, the audio clip will be played during the entire presentation. If “Loop until Stopped” is enabled too, it won’t stop playing until you reach the end of the presentation.
• Hide During Show: Check this option if you want to hide the icon.
• Rewind after Playing: Check this option if you want the timer of the audio clip to go back to the beginning when it reaches the end.
• If you’re using newer versions of PowerPoint, you’ll find a group called Audio Styles. Choose “No Style” if you don’t want additional effects. Choose “Play in Background” if you want the audio clip to be played in the background during your presentation.
• You can change the icon of the audio clip. To do so, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Change Picture.
• Insert an icon or a picture. We’ll use it to link the online audio. Please refer to the How to Add and Modify Icons tutorial to learn how to insert icons.
• Add the link to the online audio resource. If you don’t know how to do it, please refer to the How to Insert a Hyperlink in PowerPoint tutorial.
• Once added, click the icon of this audio. A new window will open, where you must click the Play button. Some audio platforms, such as Soundcloud, allow you to generate an autoplay sharing link. With that, you just need to click the icon to play the audio automatically.
• If you want to pause the playback, you’ll need to exit the presentation mode and do it manually.
• Insert the video containing the audio or music you want. If you don’t know how, please refer to the How to Add a Video in PowerPoint tutorial.
• Decrease the size of the video and place it outside the visible part of the slide.
• We need to set it to automatically play in presentation mode. To do this, on the Playback tab, in the Video Options group, click the Start drop-down arrow and select “Automatically”. If you need more information, please refer to the How to Add a Video in PowerPoint tutorial.
• Please note that the audio will stop when changing slides.

To create a playlist that plays across all slides during your presentation, you need to use an audio editing software, such as Audacity or Adobe Audition, and edit the clips so that they come one after another. When you’re done, export it as a single audio file, which you can now use in your presentation.

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How to Record a PowerPoint Presentation with Narration

Can be helpful in creating a dramatic narrative

Microsoft PowerPoint has a built-in recording tool that allows you to narrate your presentations using recorded audio. You can export and share recorded presentations as video files.

This tutorial covers everything about recording PowerPoint presentations on Windows and Mac computers.

Record PowerPoint Presentation with Narration

Open the PowerPoint file/presentation you want to record and follow the steps below.

Record PowerPoint Presentation on Windows

• Select the slide you want to start recording from on the slide thumbnail pane.

• Head to the Record tab on the ribbon and select the Record button to start recording from the current/selected slide.

To record from the first slide, select the down-facing arrow icon below the Record button and select From Beginning .

You can also record a presentation from the Slide Show tab. Select Slide Show on the ribbon and select Record , From Current Slide , or From Beginning .

That’ll open PowerPoint’s presentation recorder in a fullscreen window.

• Select the Record icon and start speaking after the three seconds countdown.

PowerPoint records the presentation window and captures your voice and webcam feed as you navigate the slides. Select the left-facing and right-facing arrows to move to the previous and next slides in the presentation.

Record PowerPoint Presentation in macOS

• Open the Slide Show tab and select Record Slide Show .

• Select the Record button on the toolbar to start recording your narration.

Use your keyboard arrow keys to move back and forth between slides. Press N or Space Bar to move to the next slide or animation in the presentation. Press P or Backspace to return to the previous slide or animation.

Select Tips in the top-left corner for more keyboard shortcuts and other presentation tips.

Note: The narration tool doesn’t record slide transitions. When moving between slides, wait for the destination slide to appear on the screen before speaking.

PowerPoint Recorder Control/Settings

You’ll find a handful of controls and options on the recording tool. We’ll show you how to use these controls to include voiceovers or audio recordings in your presentation.

Using Presentation Pointer Tools

PowerPoint provides several tools to mark up your slides when narrating your presentation. There’s a pen tool, eraser, laser pointer, and highlighter.

With the Pen tool, you can draw on slides during narration/recording. Press Ctrl + P (Windows) or Command + P (Mac) to use the pen tool. You can also select the Pen icon to convert the pointer to a pen.

The Laser pointer tool converts your cursor to an onscreen laser. Use the laser pointer to draw attention to something on a slide/presentation.

Press Ctrl + L (Windows) or Command + L (Mac) to use the laser pointer. There’s also a Laser pointer icon on the toolbar.

Pressing Ctrl + I (or selecting the Highlighter tool ) converts your cursor to a highlighter.

Use the Eraser tool to remove inks and highlight from slides. Select the Eraser icon or press Ctrl + E and select the ink to erase.

On macOS, select the Erase Pen icon (or press E ) to erase all drawings and highlights on the slide.

You can change the pointer tools ink from the color selection boxes. However, one major limitation is that you can’t change the size of these pointer tools.

Pause and Resume Your Recording

In Windows, press I on your keyboard or select the Pause button in the top-left corner to pause your recording.

Press I again or select the Record icon to resume the recording.

If you use a Mac, select the Pause icon in the top toolbar to pause the recording.

Unmute or Mute Microphone

Check that your microphone is unmuted before recording. Select the microphone icon in the bottom-right corner to mute or unmute your mic.

PowerPoint for Windows allows you to mute and unmute your microphone in real time while recording video/audio narrations. The macOS version of PowerPoint only lets you configure your camera and microphone settings before recording.

Switch Microphone or Camera

Want to record your presentation with an external microphone or camera? Press Ctrl + M or select the audio/camera settings icon in the top-right corner and choose your preferred microphone/camera.

In macOS, select the microphone icon to mute or unmute your microphone. Select the arrow-down icon next to the microphone or camcorder icons to switch input devices.

Enable and Disable Camera

The recorder displays your camera or webcam feed in the bottom-right corner of the presentation slides.

Select the camcorder icon to remove your webcam feed from the recording. Select the icon again to display your webcam feed in the presentation.

You can also use the Ctrl + K keyboard shortcut on Windows computers to enable or disable your camera.

On Mac computers, you’ll find the video control icon on the top toolbar.

Note: The recording tool greys out the camcorder icon if your microphone is turned off.

Enable or Disable Camera Preview

PowerPoint allows you to disable the camera preview without turning off your camera or webcam.

Press Ctrl + J (Windows) or select the Camera Preview icon in the bottom-right corner to disable or enable the camera preview.

End a Recording

Press S on your Windows keyboard or select the Stop icon to end the recording.

Replay or Preview Your Recording

When you end a narration, press V on your keyboard or select Replay to preview or watch the recording.

The recorded narration will include all pen inks, highlights, and laser pointer gestures made during the presentation.

You can also preview/replay the narration outside the recording tool. Open the Slide Show tab and choose to watch the playback From Beginning or From Current Slide .

PowerPoint allows you to preview the playback on individual slides. A speaker/audio icon appears in the bottom-right of PowerPoint slides with narrations.

Choose the slide you want to preview, hover your cursor on the speaker icon in the bottom-right corner, and select Play .

Delete Current Narration/Recording

Did you spot an error when previewing your presentation? Want to delete the current narration and start from scratch?

Select the Clear existing recordings icon and choose whether to Clear Recordings on Current Slide or Clear Recordings on All Slides .

On Mac, select the Bin icon to delete the entire narration/recording.

Close the Narration Tool

Select the X icon on the title bar to close the presentation narration tool and return to Powerpoint.

Select End Show in the top-left corner to close the recording tool on a Mac computer.

Delete Narrations from Slides

Want to delete the narration or timing on an individual slide or the entire presentation? Select the slide with the narration you want to delete and follow the steps below.

• Open the Record tab and select the down-facing arrow below the Record icon.
• Select Clear and choose to clear timing or narration on current or all slides.

Export Recorded or Narrated Presentation

You can export a narrated PowerPoint presentation as a video file. The video output includes ink strokes, recorded audio/video, laser pointer gestures, and webcam/camera recording.

• Open the Record tab and select Export to Video .

Alternatively, open the File menu, select Export on the sidebar, and select Create a Video .

• Choose the quality of the video export in the first drop-down box—Ultra HD (4K), Full HD (1080p), HD (720p), Standard (480p).

• Choose Use Recorded Timings and Narrations in the next drop-down box and select Create Video .

• Give the recorded presentation a file name and select Save .

Narrate Your PowerPoint Presentations

The Microsoft PowerPoint web app doesn’t have a recording tool. As a result, you can only record presentations with narrations using PowerPoint for Windows or Mac.

You might meet issues recording a slide show if you use an outdated version of PowerPoint. Also, the recording tool on older versions of PowerPoint has a different interface and lacks some controls. Update PowerPoint and restart your computer if you cannot record a slide show.

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Edit the narration for a slide after it has been recorded

You've used PowerPoint's Record Narration feature to record sound for your slide presentation. Now you need to change the narration for one or more slides, but you don't want to have to re-record the entire narration.

If you linked your sound files when you recorded the narration (it's a checkbox in the lower left corner of the Record Narration dialog box) then each of them is a separate file on the hard drive, probably in the same folder as your PPT.

Work out which file goes with which slide, record a new narration using eg. Sound Recorder or the free Audacity sound editing program

Once you have a sound file you like, save it to the same filename as the original sound file for that slide and you're good to go.

If you didn't link, there's another step or two.

Save the presentation as a web page (not Single File MHT web page). This creates an HTML file plus a folder of support files by the same name as the base HTML file.

In that folder you'll find sound files, one per slide. From there, follow the same instructions as above to record a new sound file and save it to the same name as the original for the slide you want to correct.

Finally, use File, Open from within PowerPoint and open the HTML file you saved as a web page. It'll open back into PowerPoint as a presentation. Test it and if it's ok, save it back out as a PPT (presentation) or PPS (show) file.

And in either case, linked sound files or not, if you're good with Audacity or another sound editing program, you might be able to use it to edit the original sound files, removing problem sound, adding new sound and so on.

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How To Edit Audio in PowerPoint

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In this article you will learn how to edit audio clips to suit your presentation.  You can trim audio and add fade in fade out effects for audio in PowerPoint.

Sometimes when you have a long audio clip, not all of it is relevant to be shown in your presentation. Is there a way to keep only the relevant portion and trim out the rest right inside PowerPoint? The answer is YES, and this article shows you how to achieve it in a step by step manner.

Quick overview of the editing options:

Step 1: Insert audio clip

Insert the audio clip on to the slide, by going to Insert -> Audio -> Audio on My PC or from Online. You can learn about inserting audio clip in the first of this series of articles on audio.

Step 2: Go to TRIM audio option

To insert an audio file to your slide, go to ‘Insert’ tab in PowerPoint ribbon. In the far right corner you would find the icon for Audio as shown here:

Once you inserted the audio clip, you will find an audio icon placed on the slide. When you click on the icon, you will be able to access the ‘Playback’ tab in PowerPoint ribbon. Go to ‘Trim Audio’ option in the tab as shown below:

Step 3: Trimming the Audio

Move the green slider to define the start position. Define the end position by moving the red slider. You can also define the start and end points precisely by entering values in the timeline boxes below the slider.

To make sure that you have started the beginning and end points correctly, preview the sound by clicking on the play button. If you are not happy with the exact start or end location, you can move one frame at a time – forward or backward by clicking on the forward or backward buttons.

Step 4: Add Fade in and Fade out

When you trim the audio, sometimes the audio may start or end abruptly. To prevent that from happening you can add Fade in and Fade out options. 

That is all you need to trim your audio clip. You can now go to Slideshow and click on the audio icon and enjoy the audio added to your slide.

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If knowing how to record a PowerPoint presentation wasn’t necessary a decade ago, this isn’t how things stand today. The pandemic taught us a valuable lesson – if we don’t catch up with technology, we will fall short.

Fortunately, Microsoft’s app is the global leader in presentation software and provides you with all the required tools to create an excellent presentation you can show in front of your audience. But how to record a presentation on PowerPoint, and is it easy to do so?

Article overview: 1. What are the benefits of recording PowerPoint presentations? 2. How to record a PowerPoint presentation? 3. How to live stream a PowerPoint presentation? 4. Frequently asked questions

1. What are the benefits of recording PowerPoint presentations?

I am are pretty sure that if recording presentations weren’t helpful, PowerPoint wouldn’t offer it to its users. Well, we all know that’s not the case. Recording your PowerPoint slides can bring a ton of benefits. Let’s see which they are:

• Save time  – regardless if you’re a lecturer or present in front of colleagues, having a video of your recording will save you many hours. Imagine speaking in front of your marketing team, but 2 members are on summer holidays. It’s fine. They’ll catch up later when they watch your PowerPoint recording.
• Focus on the presentation  – usually, if you’re presenting in front of an audience, it’s typical to get asked many questions that you need to answer promptly. But that is a good reason to get distracted from your core information. Thus, it makes sense to record your presentation beforehand.
• Practice before presenting – the best way to carry out a great presentation is to spend some time at home, focusing on key details. When you record your PowerPoint slides, you can find areas of improvement and work on them.

2. How to record a PowerPoint presentation?

There are many tools that you can use to record a PowerPoint presentation. From Loom and Panopto, and even Apple’s basic Quicktime and Windows’ own recording tool. But here we will discuss none of the other options. Why? The answer is simple: PowerPoint has its own in-built, robust recording tool.

Unlike other options, PowerPoint’s recording feature enables you to record slide by slide. This effectively means you can create as many recordings as you like, until you like the playback version, and move on to the next slide.

Pro tip : PowerPoint doesn’t record slide transitions. You need to start recording each slide when it is opened and finish the recording before you move on to the next one.

Let’s see how to record a PowerPoint presentation with video and audio in just a few steps.

Step #1: Open your PowerPoint presentation

The first step is to open the PowerPoint presentation you wish to record. Ensure you have all the necessary slides and information on them. While this seems logical, there aren’t one or two cases when presenters have recorded wrong or unfinished slides, which leads to a disappointing outcome.

Step #2: Prepare your video and audio devices

Before you start the recording, you should check your camera and microphone. Try to make a sound check and see if your camera works properly.

Step #3: Select the slides you wish to record

PowerPoint gives you the option to record a presentation right from the beginning, or from a specifically selected slide.

• Pick “ From Beginning ” (1) from the Record tab of the Ribbon if you wish to start from the first slide.
• Pick “ From Current Slide ” (2) from the same tab in case you would like to start from a selected slide (which isn’t the first one).
• Click the Record button (3) which is positioned in the top right corner, between the Comments  and Share buttons. It starts the recording from the slide you have currently selected.

Step #4: Start the recording

Once you click on one of the options, you are ready to start narrating your PowerPoint presentation. You will see a countdown timer, after which you can start narrating slides.

Step #5: Manage your PowerPoint recording

You have probably seen a couple of other options aside from the recording one. Let’s see which they are:

• Timer with a grey/red light – if you are recording your narration, you will see a timer and a small circle with a red light that indicates you are recording. If you pause, the small circle indicator will become grey again and the timer will stop counting.
• Refresh icon – right next to the timer there is a refresh-like icon but it serves a different purpose – to re-take the recording. You have the option to record again the current slide or all slides.
• Start/Stop button  – the big red button serves as a start/stop button for your recordings. Only stop the recording when you want to move on to the next slide.
• Pause button – if you would like to stop the slide recording, in order to drink some water or read your speaker notes, you can use the Pause button, and then resume the recording. Bear in mind you cannot pause and move to the next slide. You have to stop the recording, to indicate you have finished with the current slide.
• Camera button  – clicking the camera button will work as a toggle on/off.
• Microphone Button – clicking the microphone button will work as a toggle on/off.
• Ellipsis – this is the place where you can select camera and microphone settings, as well as erase recordings from the current slide or all slides.

Step #6: Export your PowerPoint video recording

The last button from the menu is the Export setting. You can export your narration as an mp4 file in Full HD size by default. However, you can customize your export and get your narration in 4 sizes – 480p, 720p (HD), 1080p (Full HD – standard), and 4K. We don’t recommend Ultra HD exports.

Pro Tip : Exporting 4K PowerPoint presentation recordings doesn’t necessarily mean you will get better quality (unless you have 4K resources within your presentation) but it does guarantee a significantly larger file size – up to 4 times more than on standard Full HD recordings.

3. How to live stream a PowerPoint presentation?

If you have already honed your skills and would like to stream your PowerPoint slides directly to your audience, there are many ways to do so. We are going to cover two of them.

3.1. How to stream a PowerPoint presentation from OneDrive?

Microsoft has invested a lot of resources to make OneDrive a powerful cloud service, and so far they have been quite successful. Let’s see how to record a PowerPoint presentation in front of live audiences.

Step 1 – save your PowerPoint presentation in OneDrive.

Step 2 – open your PowerPoint slides from PowerPoint online.

Step 3 – go to Present Live  from the Slideshow Ribbon tab.

Step 4 – share a  live link with your audience.

3.2. Stream your PowerPoint presentation in Zoom

Zoom is one of the most popular conference call apps which has plenty of tools, including live streaming presentations. Since PowerPoint is the leading presentation program in the world, Zoom developers have created some amazing things, like PowerPoint presentation recording with a web camera on a transparent background. If you’re interested, you can check our guide on how to record a Zoom presentation .

Does PowerPoint have a screen recording?

PowerPoint has a screen recording window and you can select the area you would like to be recorded. Go to Record  (from the Ribbon), then select Screen Recording , choose the area and start recording.

Can I view speaker notes while recording narration?

You are able to access your speaker notes if you have created them beforehand. To insert speaker notes, you have to go to View -> Notes Page  and you will have a text box that you can utilize for speaker notes.

What format does PowerPoint use for video?

PowerPoint records videos in mp4 format. The default resolution is 1080p (Full HD).

Recording your PowerPoint presentations can make the difference between a successful and smooth speech and a bad narration. Being able to record each slide means you can get the best narration possible for your whole presentation.

And if you would like to stream your presentation live, there are more than enough options to do so – both via the online version of PowerPoint or via third-party apps like Zoom.

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How to video record yourself presenting a PowerPoint

What type of content do you primarily create?

Recording yourself presenting a PowerPoint can be challenging, especially getting the technical aspects right. You need to capture your screen, webcam, and audio seamlessly while delivering your content naturally and avoiding awkward transitions between slides.

Finding a tool that integrates all these components can seem daunting. However, recording yourself presenting a PowerPoint doesn't have to be reserved for the tech-savvy or professional speakers.

Whether you're a teacher creating online lessons, a marketer producing a product demo, or someone looking to improve their presentation skills, this guide will walk you through user-friendly tools and strategies that will teach you how to video record yourself presenting a PowerPoint.

• Recording yourself presenting a PowerPoint can be challenging, but it doesn't have to be reserved for experts.
• Video recording offers unlimited reach, repurposing opportunities, and a more engaging experience.
• Use PowerPoint's built-in recording feature or tools like Descript for a polished presentation.
• Other tools like Zoom, Loom, OBS Studio, Clipchamp, and Quick Time Player can also be used for recording.
• Tips include practicing your script, using slide notes, ensuring high-quality audio and lighting, and incorporating storytelling techniques.

Why video record yourself presenting a PowerPoint? 

Video recording your PowerPoint presentations offers several advantages:

• Unlimited reach : Unlike in-person presentations confined to a specific time and location, recorded videos allow your message to reach audiences globally at their convenience.
• Repurposing opportunities: Recorded presentations can be repurposed as evergreen content across multiple platforms, such as social media, online courses, webinars, and internal training materials, maximizing their value.
• Personal and engaging : Recording yourself narrating a presentation adds a personal touch and dynamic element that static slides alone cannot replicate. Your viewers can see and hear you deliver the content, creating a more immersive and engaging experience.

How to record your presentation with the PowerPoint app

Built-in recording feature in powerpoint.

1. Open the PowerPoint slide you want to record. 

2. Click on the Record tab of the top toolbar.

3. Click on the Record button and choose from any of the following options:

• From Current Slide
• From Beginning

4. You'll see the PowerPoint screen recording window.

5. Select the microphone and camera from the icon on the top-right.

6. Click the Stop and Replay buttons to end or replay your recording.

7. To export your presentation's recording, click Export to Video within the Recording tab.

Benefits : Easy to use, no external tools needed

Limitations : Limited editing capabilities.

How to make a more polished recording of your presentation with Descript 

While PowerPoint's built-in recording features are helpful, they may not produce the refined result you want for your presentation. That's where Descript comes in handy. 

It’s a whole production studio at your fingertips, with video recording, transcription, and editing capabilities, ready to transform dull PowerPoint slides into an engaging experience for your audience. Descript also has a built-in screen recorder.

You can use Descript on Windows, Mac, or even straight from your web browser. 

Here's step-by-step guide to recording your PowerPoint presentation with Descript.

Set up your screen recording

1. Install and open Descript. At the top of the editor, click and open the Record panel. 

2. Select Screen.

3. Set Recorder settings:

Adjust the default recording settings to your liking, including the transcription language, the maximum recording resolution, and more. 

4. Set recording options. Choose which audio and video sources to record (e.g., microphone, computer audio, camera). Remember to turn the camera on to capture your talking head video alongside your PowerPoint presentation.

5. Click the Additional Settings icon for

• Studio Sound (Optional): Enhance audio quality with noise reduction and background removal
• Transcription (Optional): Enable automatic transcription for easier editing
• Recording separate audio tracks

6. Add (optional) Speaker labels for each audio track (e.g., "Narrator," "Expert") by typing them in the text box next to your audio inputs. 

Capture your screen recording

1. Select the right recording option:

• Recording into script : Choose this if you haven’t recorded anything yet.
• Replace selection : Choose this if you already have a script and want to replace a specific section with a new recording.
• Record new layer : Pick this for recording your video as a new layer on top of an existing recording.

2. Click Record at the bottom of the Record panel.

3. Drag over the area of your screen you wish to record. Click Start Recording. Press Space to start recording the full screen.

4. Click Stop to finish recording

Bonus: Descript creates separate tracks for camera, microphone, and computer audio. You can edit each track individually for more precise control.

• Do a short test recording to ensure everything is set up correctly.
• Set your recording to transibe for easier editing.

Editing and polishing your PowerPoint recording in Descript

Descript's AI video editing tool makes it a breeze to trim, cut, and splice your video footage, ensuring a seamless flow from start to finish. You can add smooth transitions and other visual effects to make your presentation pop.

Here’s a glimpse of how to edit and polish your PowerPoint recording in Descript:

Edit your recording like a doc

Did you make a mistake during a slide transition? No problem. Just delete those sections in the text transcript (created automatically by Descript) and the video will adjust to match.

Remove filler words

Sound smoother and more confident by easily removing filler words like "um" and "uh" from the transcript.

Fix voiceover mistakes by typing

Didn't nail your delivery on a specific slide? No need to start from scratch! Descript's Overdub feature lets you simply type in the correct narration and replace the audio on that slide with AI voice cloning.

Boost video quality and engagement : 

• Crisp up audio quality by reducing background noise and room reverb with the AI-powered Studio Sound feature.
• ‎Replace your background completely with the Green Screen Video Editor —look like you're presenting in a sleek studio or broadcasting from a beach.
• Enable Eye Contact simulation with AI, so it appears you're making direct eye contact with viewers, even if you’re looking or reading something off-camera.

Other ways to video record yourself presenting a PowerPoint 

Use Zoom’s meeting recording feature to record yourself giving a PowerPoint presentation. Start a Zoom meeting with yourself, share your PowerPoint window, and enable recording

Loom is a handy screen recording tool that also offers a webcam overlay. Launch the Loom app or Chrome extension and set it to record your screen and webcam. Expect high-quality recordings but no advanced editing features. The free plan offers only five minutes of recording at a stretch.

3. OBS Studio

OBS Studio is a free, open-source screen recorder/streaming software with a steeper learning curve. It’s popular among advanced or tech-savvy users who need granular customization and control.

To record your presentation, add a "Screen Capture" source to capture your PowerPoint window and a "Video Capture Device" source for your webcam. 

4. Clipchamp: Recording natively in Windows

You can use Microsoft’s Clipchamp , the built-in screen recorder and video editor for Windows, to simultaneously capture your computer screen, webcam, and audio for recording your PowerPoint presentation. It’s also available as a browser-based app. You can record up to 30 minutes on screen and webcam recordings.

Users can also adjust the screen and webcam recordings in the editing timeline separately. 

5. Quick Time Player Recording natively in Mac

Use Mac’s Quick Time Player to record your PowerPoint presentation. It’s not as straightforward as the other options on this list, so here’s a quick guide to help you out:

• Launch Quick Time Player.
• Select File and go to New Movie Recording.
• You'll be recording your entire screen in addition to recording your face, so adjust the size and location of the recording window so that it's in a nonintrusive corner of your PowerPoint.
• Go to View and select Float on Top .
• Next, go to File and select New Screen Recording.
• On the menu that appears, select Record Selected Portion and drag a border around your PowerPoint and the webcam recording window.
• Press Record and start presenting.
• You can adjust the video quality and the audio source in the webcam recording window.

How to turn your PowerPoint presentation slides into a video 

Did you know PowerPoint lets you save your presentation as a video, too? 

Here's a breakdown of the two ways you can do so—keeping all the presentation elements (narration, animation, pointer movements, timings, and so on) intact in the presentation itself.  

Save your PowerPoint presentation as a video

This creates a separate video file (MP4 or WMV) that anyone can play, even without PowerPoint. 

Follow these steps:

• Save your presentation
• Go to File > Export > Create a Video
• Ultra HD (4K): Best for large screens (if you have Windows 10+)
• Full HD (1080p): Great for computers and TVs
• HD (720p): Good for streaming online or on DVDs
• Standard (480p): Smallest size, good for phones

4. Decide on narration

• If you haven't recorded yourself talking, choose "Don't Use Recorded Timings and Narrations" from the dropdown menu
• If you have a recording, choose "Use Recorded Timings and Narrations." You can also set how long each slide shows for (default is 5 seconds)

5. Click Create Video

6. Name your video, pick a folder to save it in, and choose a file type (MPEG-4 or Windows Media Video)

Creating the video might take a while, especially for longer presentations. You can even leave it running overnight. Once done, find your video in the chosen folder and double-click to play it.

Save your PowerPoint presentation as a slideshow

This saves your presentation as a special file (PPSX) that starts playing automatically on full screen when opened. It only works with PowerPoint.

Here’s how it works:

• Make sure your presentation is saved (regular PowerPoint file)
• Go to File > Save As .
• Pick a folder to save the slideshow in.
• Under Save as type, choose PowerPoint Show (*.ppsx) .
• Click Save .

Now when someone opens the file, it will automatically play the slideshow.

Pro tips for making better video PowerPoint presentations 

Practice your script.

Recording a flawless PowerPoint video rarely happens in one take. The key is practice.

Record practice run-throughs and watch them back. Make notes on areas that need improvement or parts lacking clarity. The more you drill your script, the more confident and natural you'll sound in the final recording.

Take advantage of PowerPoint's built-in Speaker Coach . The feature shows you whether your pace is too fast or slow, your use of filler words like "um," and suggestions to improve your voice modulation.

Use slide notes for coherent delivery

Wouldn’t a personal teleprompter make presentations so much easier? That’s what slide notes are for.

Having your thoughts and talking points organized within your PowerPoint file lets you have all crucial information and prompts readily available when recording.

Go ahead and add detailed notes or even a full script for each slide. This will help you stay on track and provide a handy transcript reference if you need to do any editing or voiceover work in post-production.

Use high-quality audio equipment or turn on Studio Sound

Poor audio recording quality is a surefire way to make even the most visually polished video feel amateurish. Do your presentation justice by investing in a decent external or Bluetooth microphone and audio interface to capture clear voiceover audio.

If you must use a built-in mic, record in a quiet environment to minimize background noise pickup. Or better yet, pair up with an AI-powered audio enhancement tool like Descript's Studio Sound , which reduces background noise , reverb, and other artifacts.

Ensure a clean background and even lighting

Ditch cluttered backgrounds. You want people to focus on the content of your PowerPoint and not be distracted by the funny shapes and colors in your video. 

Your video lighting and framing matters, too. Position yourself facing a natural light source or bring supplemental video lighting to eliminate weird shadows and squinting-level glare.

Look directly into the camera or turn on Eye Contact

Looking directly into the camera is essential to create a sense of connection with the audience. Position your webcam or camera at eye level and imagine you're talking to a friend. If you're using Descript, enable the Eye Contact feature to auto-adjust your gaze towards the camera.

• Dress professionally and maintain a good posture to project confidence and authority.
• Use visuals, animations, and multimedia elements to enhance your presentation and keep your audience engaged.
• Consider adding closed captions or subtitles to your video for better accessibility and engagement, especially for those watching without sound.
• Speak clearly and at a moderate pace, using vocal variety to emphasize key points and maintain interest.
• Incorporate storytelling techniques, real-life examples, or personal anecdotes to make your video presentation more relatable and memorable .

Take your PowerPoint presentations from amateur to amazing 

Recording yourself virtually presenting a PowerPoint allows you to distribute your message using the most engaging type of content: video. And there are many screen recording tools out there that can capture your screen and web camera footage with just a few clicks. 

But how do you stand out?

By focusing on the presentation's depth, your delivery, and the video's quality. The first two are the bare minimum to communicate your message effectively. 

But the right screen capture software and all-in-one video creation tool like Descript can help you with third. Use the tool to improve the quality of your recorded PPT presentations. 

With Descript, it's easier than ever to record your screen, polish up the audio, and create stunning visuals all in one place. So why wait? 

Sign up for Descript today and simplify your workflow while creating a PowerPoint presentation video that sticks with your audience in the long term.

How do you make a presentation video with your face?

To create a presentation video with your face, follow these steps:

• Open your presentation in PowerPoint.
• Go to the Slide Show tab.
• Click on Record and choose From Current Slide or From Beginning .
• Choose your microphone and camera by clicking on a sound icon on the top-right.
• Start recording by clicking on the record button.
• Speak into your microphone to narrate the presentation.
• Your webcam will capture your face during the recording.
• Click Stop when you finish recording.
• Export your recorded presentation by clicking on File> Export>Create a video.

How do you present yourself in PowerPoint?

To present yourself effectively in PowerPoint, follow these steps:

• Determine the key information to include in your presentation.
• Design and prepare your PowerPoint slides with a cohesive theme.
• Craft a compelling introduction to engage your audience.
• Tailor your presentation to different time constraints for flexibility.
• Capture the audience's attention before you begin speaking.

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How to record voiceover narration in powerpoint.

If you're not able to physically present your slideshow, record a voiceover narration to make sure no points are missed.

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Preparation, record a voiceover for your presentation.

If you’re sending out your presentation instead of giving it in front of an audience, but you feel adding a vocal explanation would better help to deliver the message, record a voiceover narration. Here’s how to do it.

Before you begin your PowerPoint narration, you’ll need to make sure you’ve made the proper preparations.

Set Up Your Mic

First, you’ll need a microphone. Most modern computers have a built-in microphone that gets the job done, but investing in a USB microphone will increase the audio quality of the narration by quite a bit.

The built-in microphone will be set as your input device by default, so if you plan on using it for the PowerPoint narration, you don’t need to take any additional steps in setting it up. However, if you plan to use a USB microphone for the narration, be sure to set it as the input device.

To do this on Windows, right-click the volume icon found on the right of the taskbar. In the menu that appears, select “Open Sound Settings.”

The “Sound Settings” window will appear. Here, scroll down to the “Input” section and click the box under “Choose your input device.”

If you’re using a USB microphone, it will appear here. Select it to set it as the input device.

The steps for Mac users are extremely similar. The only difference is you should go to "System Settings" and select "Sound" instead of right-clicking the volume icon like on Windows. From there, the steps are the same.

Take Notes and Rehearse

With your mic set up, you’re ready to start recording, right? Well, not quite. While you may not be physically standing in front of the audience delivering this presentation, you still need to treat it as though you are. This means going through the basics---taking notes and rehearsing your delivery.

One thing you can do to help you record a successful narration is to write out a script. As with a live presentation, though, you don’t want to sound like you’re reading straight from your notecards. Practice reading through the script a few times so that it sounds natural and fluid.

Once you’re confident in your delivery, it’s time to start recording.

Open the PowerPoint presentation in which you would like to record a voiceover narration. Head over to the “Slide Show” tab and, in the “Set Up” group, select “Record Slide Show.” Once selected, a drop-down menu will appear. Here, you can choose to start the narration from the beginning or from the current slide. If you choose to start recording from the current slide, make sure that you’re on the slide you’d like to start recording from.

Related: How to Record Your Screen with Microsoft PowerPoint

In this example, we’ll choose “Record from Beginning.”

Now, you’ll be in full-screen mode. You’ll notice a few extra tools appear, including a record button at the top-left corner of the screen. When you’re ready to start recording, click this button.

When you select the record button, a countdown timer will appear, giving you a three-second delay between clicking the button and starting your recording.

You can now start recording your voiceover narration! Continue through the presentation by clicking the right arrow to go to the next slide.

You can pause the recording at any time by pressing the pause button in the top-left corner of the window. The recording will automatically end when you make it to the last slide. Alternatively, you can press the stop button, also located at the top-left corner of the screen.

If you want to play your narration back, you can select the replay button.

A speaker icon will appear at the bottom-right corner of each slide that has a recorded narration. You can also play your narration back on each slide by hovering over the icon and pressing the play button.

If you’re not satisfied with the narration, simply repeat these steps to re-record.

Audio/Narration in PowerPoint Presentations

Introduction.

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to include audio and/or voice narration to your PowerPoint presentation. In this tutorial we will cover the following topics:

- Preparing for your Narration - Adding Audio/Narration to Individual Slides - Voice Recording in PowerPoint - Editing your Narration in PowerPoint - Converting WAV Files to MP3 Files

Should you have any questions about this tutorial, or would like additional information about the adding audio and/or narration to a PowerPoint presentation, please contact [email protected]

Preparing for your Narration

Why Narrate?

Many faculty are already putting their slide presentations on the web. This gives students the opportunity to review the lecture materials on their own, even those that did not make it to class. However, it does not give them the whole picture. The majority of slide presentations consists largely of chunks of disconnected text, brief to the point of becoming useless without the additional explanations of the speaker. In fact, the outline view of the presentation is often the better and more efficient way of distributing the information.

Therefore, the use of narrated presentations is recommended to reach out to distance learners, to accommodate to different learning styles, and for accessibility purpopses. In distance learning applications, a narrated lecture is a useful complement to the usual reading materials, and provides a good basis for subsequent class discussions via discussion boards or synchronous software. Lectures should be available in the largest variety of formats possible to reach all learner types. Narrated presentations simultaneously provide both aural and visual content and is therefore more effective. Beyond different learning styles and issues of memory retention you should also always consider accessibility issues. While narrating the lecture helps out the visually handicapped, you need to also provide a purely visual format. It is highly recommended that you make the transcript available as a plain text document, which can also be printed out.

Design Tips

To create the best online presentations, we suggest using the following guidelines:

• Design the online presentation to optimize the bandwidth capabilities of the audience. If the audience has fast, broadband connections to view the online presentation, you can create a graphic intensive presentation that includes many animations. However, if the audience has slower connection speeds (<56kbps), graphic images should be used sparingly to insure the audience has a good viewing experience. • Create a written script of the audio presentation. Speaking into a microphone can often be more difficult than giving the presentation to a live audience. To insure a smooth delivery covering all important points, we recommend completely scripting the presentation before recording. • Use white or light-colored background and black or dark-colored text. Black text on white background is still the best combination for a professional image. If you must use other colors for text and background, make sure ther is high contrast between your background and text colors and not just different shades of the same color. • Do not use too many fonts on one slide, or in one presentation (limit to 2 types). It is recommended to use TrueType fonts (more legible), such as: Times New Roman, Arial, Georgia, and Verdana. • Be careful of the font size you use. Text setting varies between platforms, therefore it is recommended to use a font size no smaller than 12 pts. • Add animations to the presentation. Animations add impact to a message and will improve the overall viewing experience of the audience. • Your first slide can be your title slide, which you can use to introduce yourself and provide some preliminary information about the structure and scope of your presentation. After recording your introductory slide narration, it is recommended that you listen to it before proceeding to the next slide. If you are satisfied with the sound quality, then continue. • Record your narration for the entire presentation as if you were presenting it. Then run your presentation, and sit back and listen. You get an entirely different perspective when you pretend to be the audience. Listening to your presentation enables you to pick up on awkward moments, unclear passages, and boring spots much more easily. • View the presentation online before releasing it.

Preparing your Script

The first and most crucial step in creating a media presentation is creating a script. A script is a written document containing everything you want to say in your presentation.

It is very important that you write a script of your narration before you begin recording. You may be a great speaker, but deciding what you will say ahead of time will give you a better chance of creating an effective presentation. When writing your script, organize the content of your narration by each slide. It is advised to keep the narration for any given slide to less than 1 minute. While longer narrations are certainly acceptable, there is some increased risk of losing the interest of the audience if narrations go on too long.

To produce successful narrated presentations, your main goal should be to keep your listeners interested and focused. As a recorded voice can put anyone to sleep pretty quickly, it is necessary to break long presentations into small chunks of no more than 15 minutes to avoid your audience from becoming distracted.

Using a Microphone

The way a microphone is used can greatly affect the quality of an audio recording. Here are some tips for using a microphone with PowerPoint:

• Position stand microphones the correct distance from your mouth. Microphones are designed for use at a specific distance. If the microphone is too close, it may pick up unwanted sounds like “breaths” that will degrade the audio quality. If the microphone is too far, it may provide a very low level signal. • Keep a constant distance between the microphone and yourself while recording. Changing that distance will degrade the overall audio recording. • Position headset microphones at the side of your mouth, not directly in front. This will prevent unwanted sounds like “breaths”. • Record in a quiet environment. Loud background noise can affect recording quality. In addition, carpeted floors and padded walls help improve the recording environment. • Add a windscreen to the microphone. Windscreens help reduce the effects of “breaths” that may be picked up during recording. • When recording audio, advance the slide first, then pause, then start recording. Do this for each slide. If you try to advance to the next slide while talking, a portion of the audio may be lost. • Pause before and after each slide transition when recording the narration.

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Adding Audio/Narration to Individual Slides

We have divided the task of adding audio or narration to individual slides into 2 steps: • Step 1 : Start. • Step 2a : Adding audio/narration from an exsisting sound file on your computer. • Step 2b : Adding audio/narration that will be recorded in PowerPoint.

After you have added your audio/narration to the desired slide, you can make changes to the sound icon on the slide: • I. : Change when the sound is played. • II. : Move the sound icon to another location on/off the slide. • III . : Hide the sound icon during the slide show.

Step 1: Start • Open presentation. • Select the slide you would like to insert the sound file. • Go to: Insert >Movies and Sounds . • Here you can choose an existing sound file ( Sound from File… ) or record your sound ( Record Sound ).

If you choose Sound from File , go to: Step 2a . If you choose Record Sound , go to: Step 2b .

Step 2a: Adding audio/narration from an exsisting sound file on your computer • If you chose to insert from file, the Insert Sound dialog box will appear. • Choose the desired sound file (WAV format) on your computer, select the sound file, and then click OK . • The sound file is now linked to your presentation.

THE SOUND FILES MUST BE PLACED IN THE FOLDER THAT CONTAINS THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. NOT DOING SO MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS WHEN YOU ARE VEIWING THE PRESENTATION LATER.

• You will now be prompted to choose if you want the sound to start Automatically or When Clicked .

Step 2b: Adding audio/narration that will be recorded in PowerPoint • If you chose to record a voice narration, the Record Sound dialog box will appear. • Enter a name for your sound file (e.g. Sound_01). • To optimize the audio quality, position the microphone within several inches of your mouth but not directly in front of it. • Click on the red record button when you are ready to record. The length of your recording will begin counting in seconds ( Total sound length ). • Click on the blue stop button when you are finished recording.

OPENING UP ANY OTHER APPLICATIONS WHILE USING THE RECORDING FUNCTION WILL DISABLE THE RECORDING.

• The default setting for when the sound will start playing is: Automatically (when the slide is open). • The sound will stop when the file ends or when you advance to the next slide.

If you want to make changes to the sound icon

I. To change when the sound is played • Go to: Slide Show>Custom Animation… , the Custom Animation dialog box will appear.

• Select the sound icon. • Under Modify:Play , pull down the Start: bar and select from the options.

II. To move the sound icon to another location on the slide or off the slide (in the grey area) • Select the sound icon and move it with your mouse.

III. To hide the sound icon during the slide show • Right click on the sound icon and click on Edit Sound Object , the Sound Options dialog box will appear.

• Under Display Options , check the box ( Hide sound icon during slide show ), and then click OK .

Voice Recording in PowerPoint

We have divided the task of recording your narration in PowerPoint into 5 steps: • Step 1 : Start. • Step 2 : Setting microphone level. • Step 3 : Selecting sound quality. • Step 4 : Linking or Embedding sound files to your presentation. • Step 5 : Recording your narration.

If you need to stop before completing your narration, you may continue recording from where you left off. Follow the directions provided.

Step 1: Start • Go to: Slideshow >Record Narration…

• The Record Narration dialog box will appear.

Step 2: Setting microphone level • Click on Set Microphone Level… , the Microphone Check dialog box will appear. • To optimize the audio quality, position the microphone within several inches of your mouth but not directly in front of it. • As instructed, read the passage into the microphone (the slide bar at the bottom will automatically adjust level). • Click OK when finished to return to the Record Narration dialog box.

Step 3: Selecting sound quality • Click on Change Quality… , the Sound Selection dialog box will appear. • If you will use a compressing software later, select Attributes: to be 44.100kHz, 16 Bit, Stereo, 172 kb/sec . • If you will not have the files compressed later, select Attributes: to be 22.050kHz, 16 Bit, Mono, 43kb/sec . • Click OK when finished to return to the Record Narration dialog box.

THESE RECCOMMENDED SOUND QUALITY SETTINGS WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER SOUND QUALITY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. REMEMBER, HIGHER SOUND QUALITY USES MORE DISK SPACE.

Step 4: Linking or Embedding sound files to your presentation • You can choose to either link your narrations/audio files or to embed the sound files into the presentation. • Check the box ( Link narrations in: ) if you would prefer to link the sound files to the presentation.

• If you link the sound files to the presentation the sound files (.wav format) will be saved separately while remaining linked to your slides and the presentation file will remain its original size.

YOU MUST SAVE THE SOUND FILES DIRECTLY TO THE FOLDER THAT CONTAINS THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. NOT DOING SO MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS WHEN YOU ARE VEIWING THE PRESENTATION LATER.

• Leave the box ( Link narrations in: ) unchecked if you would prefer to embed the sound files into the presentation.

• If you embed the sound files into the presentation, the file size of the presentation will become larger.

EMBEDDING THE AUDIO INTO YOUR PRESENTATION WILL CAUSE LESS CONFUSION LATER WHEN YOU ARE VEIWING THE PRESENTATION AND FOR COPH PURPOSES.

• Click OK and PowerPoint will immediately launch the first slide of your presentation as a slide show.

YOU MUST BE READY TO START RECORDING WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE OK BUTTON.

• Back to: Competing Narration in PowerPoint . • Back to: Editing Narration in PowerPoint .

Step 5: Recording your narration • Start recording your voice. • To temporarily pause your narration (to collect your thoughts or catch your breath), right-click anywhere on the screen with the mouse, a drag down menu will appear.

• Click on the Pause Narration option. To resume recording, right-click again and choose the Resume Narration option.

DO NOT USE THE ESCAPE ( ESC ) KEY ON THE KEYBOARD TO PAUSE NARRATION. THE ESCAPE KEY SHOULD ONLY BE USED IF YOU NEED TO STOP BEFORE COMPLETING YOUR NARRATION (END THE SLIDE SHOW).

• To skip a slide during your narration, pause the narration, and then click on the slide you want to narrate next. Resume the narration on the slide you want to record. • To advance to the next slide while recording your narration, press the space bar on the keyboard or click once on the mouse and continue. • Carry on for the subsequent slides in your presentation. • When you finish recording audio to the last slide in the presentation, advance to the black screen that tells you the slide show has ended.

IF YOU END THE SLIDESHOW AT THE LAST SLIDE INSTEAD OF ADVANCING TO THE BLACK SCREEN, YOU WILL NOT SAVE THE NARRATION FOR THAT LAST SLIDE.

• A message box will appear telling you that your recordings have been saved to each slide. The message box will also ask you to save the slide timings, click Save .

IT IS IMPORTANT TO CHECK THE SOUND OF YOUR NARRATION, SO YOU CAN GO BACK AND MAKE CHANGES IF NEEDED.

• When you launch the slide show it will automatically play your narrations.

• If you have saved slide timings but want to run the presentation without the timings, go to Slide Show>Set Up Show… , under Advance slides , click Manually . When you want the timings on again, click Using timings, if present .

• If you want to change when the sound is played, go to: Slide Show>Custom Animation…

• Select the sound icon, under Modify:Play , pull down the Start: bar and select from the options.

If you need to stop before completing your narration

If you are forced to stop before you can complete the slide show, you can go back and start where you left off.

• To stop (end the slide show), press the ESCAPE ( ESC ) key on the keyboard. Or, you can right-click anywhere on the screen with the mouse, a drag down menu will appear.

• Click on the End Show option. • A message box will appear telling you that your recordings have been saved to each slide. The message box will also ask you to save the slide timings, click Save .

• Begin narrating that slide and continue through to the end ( Step 5 ).

Editing your Narration in PowerPoint

If you wish to edit your narration in PowerPoint, you can choose to re-record your entire narration or just a single slide: • I. : Re-recording your entire narration. • II. : Re-recording a single slide.

I.: Re-recording your entire narration • If you wish to re-record your entire narration, go to Edit>Undo Record Narration , which will delete your entire narration.

• Follow Step 1 to Step 5 , the same steps used to record the first narration to record your entire narration again.

IF YOU DO NOT SELECT Edit>Undo Record Narration , YOU WILL RECORD A SECOND NARRATION ON TOP OF THE ORIGINAL ONE.

II.: Re-recording a single slide • If you wish to re-record your narration on a single slide, select the slide in normal view, click on sound icon and click delete.

IF YOU DO NOT DELETE THE SOUND ICON BEFORE YOU START RE-RECORDING, YOU WILL RECORD A SECOND NARRATION ON TOP OF THE ORIGINAL ONE.

• Add a blank slide AFTER the slide you wish to re-record and select the slide you wish to re-record. • Follow Step 1 to Step 4 of the same steps used to record the first narration to record the narration for the selected slide again. • This time, when you click OK , a message box will appear telling you that you can start the narration anywhere within the presentation. It then gives you the option of starting at the First Slide or the Current Slide ; click Current Slide .

• PowerPoint will immediately launch the current slide (the slide you selected for re-recording) as a slide show. • Once you have completed the narration of that slide, you must advance to the blank slide and press the ESCAPE ( ESC ) key on the keyboard to stop the narration (end the slide show). • When you have completed the narration for that slide and have saved the timings, save your presentation, then delete the blank slide.

DO NOT STOP THE SLIDE SHOW UNTIL YOU ADVANCE TO THE BLANK SLIDE. YOU MUST INSERT THE BLANK SLIDE BEFORE YOU BEGIN RE-RECORDING THE SLIDE. IF YOU DO NOT INSERT A BLANK SLIDE, YOU WILL EITHER NOT GET THE SLIDE SOUND CLIP SAVED IF YOU DO NOT ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, OR IF YOU DO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL DELETE THE SOUND CLIP FOR THAT SLIDE WHEN YOU STOP THE SLIDE SHOW.

Converting WAV files to MP3 format (for the sound files linked to your presentation)

Since WAV files are large files and will take a long time for a student to download from the internet, converting the files to MP3 files would be recommend to decrease the size of the presentation.

• To open Sound Recorder go to: Start>Programs>Accessories>Entertainment>Sound Recorder .

• Go to: File>Open… , open the sound file you would like to convert.

• Go to: File>Save As… , the Save As… dialog box will appear.

• Change the name of the sound file to .mp3 . (e.g. slide_01.mp3). • Click on Change... , the Sound Selection dialog box will appear.

• Select Format: to be MPEG Layer-3 . • Select Attributes: to be 32 kb/sec, 24,000 Hz, Mono 3 kb/sec . • Click on OK when finished to return to the Save As… dialog box.

• Click on Save , you will then see Sound Recorder converting the WAV file to MP3.

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How to Record Your PowerPoint Presentation:

1 upload slides and select a layout.

Select from our list of layouts (you may need to click to ‘Allow’ permission to access your screen, camera, or microphone). You can record just your screen, your webcam, or both at the same time! You can either upload your slides or record while you’re presenting.

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VEED lets you easily customize your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation recordings. Select from different layouts and backgrounds. You can record your screen, webcam, audio, and upload your PowerPoint slides to present while recording. If you choose to record your entire desktop, you can easily switch the view between your presentation slides and other windows. When you’re finished, edit your video using our free video editor, where you can also add royalty-free music from our Stock Library.

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Our video capture software is packed with features that will help you create professional-looking recordings. When you press record, the countdown timer will appear to prompt you when your recording starts. To make sure that your audio is being picked up, check the little microphone icon on the bottom of your screen. It should be animated to indicate that your audio is being recorded. It only takes a few clicks. It’s the best app to record your Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.

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Our screen recorder and video editor are free to use and beginner-friendly. However, if you need to record longer videos, you may need to subscribe to our premium plans. Check out our Pricing Page to see which plan suits your needs. It is super easy to use. It only takes a few clicks!

Microsoft does allow you to record your presentation as well as your voice or audio. But you might be limited because you can’t switch screens. Use VEED to record your entire desktop and switch between windows.

With VEED, you can record your audio, webcam, screen, and presentation slides all at the same time!

To add yourself or your camera to the recording, select the layout that includes “webcam.” Choose the size and positioning of your camera feed and start recording!

Although there are many screen recorders out there, VEED is your best choice when it comes to recording your PC screen! It’s free and online. No need to install software. Plus you can use our free video editor to enhance your recording even more.

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Have you ever recorded audio for a PowerPoint presentation, only to realize later that you need to remove it? Don’t worry, deleting recording on PowerPoint is a simple process. As someone who has had to remove audio from a presentation before, I can attest to the ease of the process. In this article, I will share with you the steps to delete recording on PowerPoint.

To start, let’s clarify what we mean by “recording.” Recording refers to any audio or video that you have added to your presentation, either through the Record Audio or Record Video features in PowerPoint. This could include a voiceover, background music, or any other audio or video content that you have added to your presentation.

Deleting recording on PowerPoint can be done in a few simple steps. Whether you want to remove all audio from your presentation or just delete audio from a specific slide, PowerPoint makes it easy to do so. In the following sections, I will guide you through the steps to delete recording on PowerPoint and provide tips for making the process as smooth as possible.

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Preparing Slides and Transitions

Configuring audio and video settings, using the record slide show feature, incorporating narration and timing, adding annotations and gestures, inserting interactive elements, reviewing and editing your recording, exporting and distributing online, setting up your presentation.

Before recording a presentation, it is essential to prepare the slides and transitions, configure audio and video settings, and ensure that everything runs smoothly. In this section, I will guide you through the necessary steps to set up your presentation for recording.

First, you need to create your presentation. To do this, open PowerPoint and create a new file or open an existing one. Once you have your presentation ready, you can start preparing your slides and transitions.

To add a new slide, click on the “New Slide” button on the ribbon. You can choose from a variety of slide layouts to suit your needs. You can also add animations and transitions to your slides to make them more engaging. To do this, go to the “Animations” tab and select the animation or transition you want to add.

Next, you need to configure your audio and video settings. To do this, go to the “Slide Show” tab and click on “Set Up Slide Show.” Under “Show Type,” select “Browsed by an individual (window),” and under “Show Options,” select “Show without narration.” This will ensure that your presentation plays without any narration.

If you want to record your narration, go to the “Record” tab and select “Record Slide Show.” You can choose to record the narration for the current slide or the entire presentation. To start recording, click on the “Record” button and speak into your microphone. You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move between slides and animations.

Finally, make sure that your audio and video settings are configured correctly. To do this, go to the “Transitions” tab and select the transition you want to use. You can also adjust the duration of the transition and add sound effects.

In conclusion, setting up your presentation for recording requires careful planning and attention to detail. By following these steps, you can ensure that your presentation is engaging and professional.

Recording Your Slide Show

As a presenter, you may want to record your presentation in PowerPoint for future reference or sharing with others. PowerPoint offers a built-in feature called “Record Slide Show” that allows you to record your presentation with or without narration and timings. In this section, I will guide you through the process of recording your slide show in PowerPoint.

To start recording your slide show, you need to have your presentation open in PowerPoint. Then, follow these steps:

• Click on the “Slide Show” tab in the ribbon at the top of the PowerPoint window.
• Click on the “Record Slide Show” button in the “Start Slide Show” group.
• In the “Record Slide Show” dialog box, choose whether you want to start recording from the beginning or from the current slide.
• Check the boxes next to “Narrations” and “Timings” if you want to include them in your recording.
• Click on “Start Recording” to begin.

Once you start recording, PowerPoint will automatically advance to the next slide after a set amount of time, depending on your timing settings. You can also manually advance to the next slide by clicking your mouse or pressing the arrow keys on your keyboard.

If you choose to include narration and timings in your recording, PowerPoint will record your voiceover and the time you spend on each slide. To record your narration, you will need a microphone connected to your computer. Here’s how to incorporate narration and timing into your recording:

• In the “Record Slide Show” dialog box, check the boxes next to “Narrations” and “Timings.”
• When you’re ready to start recording, click on the “Record” button in the recording toolbar.
• Speak into your microphone to record your narration.
• When you’re finished with the slide, advance to the next slide by clicking your mouse or pressing the arrow keys on your keyboard.
• Repeat steps 4-6 for each slide in your presentation.

PowerPoint will automatically save your recording as a separate file, which you can play back at any time. If you want to edit your recording, you can do so by clicking on the “Playback” tab in the ribbon and selecting “Edit Recording.”

In conclusion, recording your slide show in PowerPoint is a great way to create a reusable presentation that you can share with others. With the “Record Slide Show” feature, you can easily incorporate narration and timing into your recording to create a professional and polished presentation.

Enhancing Your Presentation

When it comes to presentations, the goal is to convey your message in a clear and engaging way. Adding annotations and gestures can help you emphasize important points and keep your audience engaged. Additionally, inserting interactive elements can make your presentation more memorable and impactful.

One way to enhance your presentation is by adding annotations and gestures. This can be done using tools such as the pen, ink, highlighter, eraser, and laser pointer. These tools can help you emphasize key points and draw attention to specific areas of your slide.

For example, you can use the pen or ink tool to draw attention to important text or images. The highlighter tool can be used to emphasize key phrases or concepts. The eraser tool can be used to remove annotations or mistakes. The laser pointer tool can be used to highlight specific areas of your slide during a presentation.

In addition to these tools, PowerPoint also allows you to use ink gestures. Ink gestures are predefined shapes that you can draw on your slide to perform specific actions. For example, you can draw a circle around an object to highlight it, or draw an arrow to point to a specific area of your slide.

Another way to enhance your presentation is by inserting interactive elements. This can include things like quizzes, polls, and interactive diagrams. These elements can help you engage your audience and make your presentation more memorable.

For example, you can use PowerPoint’s trigger feature to create interactive diagrams. Triggers allow you to link objects on your slide to specific actions, such as displaying additional information or playing a video. This can be a great way to create interactive diagrams that allow your audience to explore different concepts and ideas.

You can also use PowerPoint’s animation feature to animate text and other objects on your slide. Animating text can help you emphasize key points and keep your audience engaged. Additionally, you can use animations to reveal information gradually, which can help build suspense and keep your audience interested.

In conclusion, adding annotations, gestures, and interactive elements can help you enhance your PowerPoint presentation and make it more engaging and memorable. By using these tools effectively, you can create a presentation that effectively conveys your message and keeps your audience interested.

Finalizing and Sharing

Once you have recorded and edited your PowerPoint presentation, it’s time to finalize and share it. In this section, I’ll go over the steps you need to take to review and edit your recording, as well as how to export and distribute your presentation online.

Before you finalize your recording, it’s important to review it to ensure that everything is as you want it. To do this, you can preview your recording by playing it back within PowerPoint. You can also trim your recording to remove any unwanted sections or clear the narration altogether.

To preview your recording, simply click on the “Preview” button in the “Recording” tab. This will allow you to play the recording back from the beginning or from a specific slide. If you need to trim your recording, click on the “Trim Audio” button in the same tab. This will open up the “Audio Tools” tab, where you can select the section you want to remove and delete it.

If you want to clear the narration altogether, you can do this by going to the “Slide Show” tab and selecting “Set Up Slide Show.” Under the “Show Options” section, select “Show without narration” and click “OK.” This will remove the narration from your presentation.

Once you’re happy with your recording, it’s time to export and distribute it online. To do this, you can save your presentation as a video file or publish it to Microsoft Stream for live streaming.

To save your presentation as a video file, go to the “File” tab and select “Export.” Under the “Create a Video” section, choose the quality and size of the video you want to create, and click “Create Video.” This will save your presentation as a video file that you can upload to any video sharing platform.

If you want to publish your presentation to Microsoft Stream, you can do this by going to the “File” tab and selecting “Share.” Under the “Publish to Stream” section, select the channel you want to publish to and click “Publish.” This will make your presentation available for live streaming on Microsoft Stream.

Overall, finalizing and sharing your PowerPoint presentation is a straightforward process that can be done in just a few clicks. Whether you want to export your presentation as a video or live stream it on Microsoft Stream, these steps will help you get your presentation in front of your audience.

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Change default video shape in Record Presentation in Powerpoint

When I Record Presentation in Powerpoint it now defaults to a circular video recording/camera shape of my face. This is no good for me but I cannot establish how I change this. It's really frustrating as I need my new videos to match my old ones in formatting etc. and all my previous video presentation feature rectangular videos (the old default).

Does anyone know how to change this?

I know Powerpoint has a new Cameo feature which gives me control over video shape, but this is not quite the same as the old Record Presentation function I am used to.

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Please ignore the ridiculous advice provided by Rhoda.

Uninstall/reinstall will have absolutely no effect.

You can change the Cameo shape. Select the shape, then use the Ribbon > Camera Format > Camera Styles options to choose how you want the camera object to look.

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Thank you for your help. The advice you have provided concerns the manipulation of Cameos, but the Record Presentation function creates a video which does not have the full range of options which are available for Cameos.

As you can see in the image below. Record Presentation now makes an excessively ugly circular video, where it used to just record a 16:9 thumbnail in the bottom right corner (which could be moved, resized, cropped, etc.). Clicking on the round video does not give me the Camera Format option on the ribbon which is available if I use Cameos (such as manually inserting a cameo on every slide, which would be really time consuming). I tried tinkering with the Slide Master and adding a Cameo to every slide, but I'm not an expert, and the video ended up always at the back.

All i would like to do is just set it so that the Record Presentation leads to the old rectangular video, not this horrorshow.

PS - There's pretty good reasons for wanting the rectangle as it allows my hands to be seen in shot--useful for explaining things.

I think you've discovered a bug, or something that got overlooked. I followed your steps and had the same result. I think the icon is supposed to be a Cameo object. It could be they are still working on this new feature.

Use the Menu Bar and choose Help > Feedback > I Don't Like Something . It will let Microsoft know people are using the feature and it's not working as expected.

Oddly, when I did my test, Designer showed the circle as a rectangle.

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I agree. Or least why can't your choice on slide 1 then be persistent throughout and you can edit the ones you want? I will give feedback to Microsoft. This is making me crazy and taking way too much time to edit each slide. One workaround that I did find is to set it the way that you want and then you can copy/paste it to all the other slides. Still a pain, but slightly less time consuming. Otherwise, even if you set it the way you want on slide 1, it defaults to the ugly circle on slide 2 :(

When I tried today, when I recorded and added a video in presentation mode, it was a circle.

When I switched back to Normal view, Designer provided rectangular shapes of my video. I chose one of the Desginer suggestions and then cut the rectangle from that slide and then used undo to return the slide to the way it was. Then I pasted the rectangular video into the slide and deleted the circular one. It's an awkward work-around, but maybe it will help.

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Record your screen in PowerPoint

You can record your computer screen and related audio, and then embed it in your PowerPoint slide—or you can save it as a separate file.

Open the slide that you want to put the screen recording on.

On the Insert tab of the ribbon, select Screen Recording .

Tip:  PowerPoint automatically records the audio and the mouse pointer, so by default those options are selected on the control dock. To turn them off, deselect Audio  and Record Pointer.

Select  Record . Use Pause as needed and Stop when you're done. 

Note:  Unless you pin the Control Dock to the screen, it will slide up into the margin while you record. To make the unpinned Control Dock reappear, point the mouse cursor at the top of the screen.

Your video is added to the slide. Right-click the video frame, select the  Start  icon and pick how you want your video to start: In Click Sequence , Automatically , or When Clicked On .

You can change the look of the video by right-clicking the video frame, select the  Style icon, and pick another shape. 

Save your screen recording as a separate file

Right-click the video frame and select  Save Media as .

In the Save Media as box, choose a folder, and in the File name box, type a name.

Select  Save.

Trim your video

Right-click the video frame and select  Trim .

To determine where you want to trim your video footage, in the Trim Video box, select  Play .

When you reach the point where you want to make the cut, select  Pause . Use the Next Frame and Previous Frame buttons to specify precise timing.

Do one or more of the following:

To trim the beginning of the clip, select the start point (shown in the image below as a green marker). When you see the two-headed arrow, drag the arrow to the desired starting position for the video.

To trim the end of the clip, click the end point (shown in the image above as a red marker). When you see the two-headed arrow, drag the arrow to the desired ending position for the video.

Select  OK .

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Today, at a special event on our new Microsoft campus, we introduced the world to a new category of Windows PCs designed for AI, Copilot+ PCs.    

Copilot+ PCs are the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built. With powerful new silicon capable of an incredible 40+ TOPS (trillion operations per second), all – day battery life and access to the most advanced AI models, Copilot+ PCs will enable you to do things you can’t on any other PC. Easily find and remember what you have seen in your PC with Recall, generate and refine AI images in near real-time directly on the device using Cocreator, and bridge language barriers with Live Captions, translating audio from 40+ languages into English .  

These experiences come to life on a set of thin, light and beautiful devices from Microsoft Surface and our OEM partners Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung, with pre-orders beginning today and availability starting on June 18. Starting at $999, Copilot+ PCs offer incredible value.  

This first wave of Copilot+ PCs is just the beginning. Over the past year, we have seen an incredible pace of innovation of AI in the cloud with Copilot allowing us to do things that we never dreamed possible. Now, we begin a new chapter with AI innovation on the device. We have completely reimagined the entirety of the PC – from silicon to the operating system, the application layer to the cloud – with AI at the center, marking the most significant change to the Windows platform in decades.  

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The fastest, most secure Windows PCs ever built  

We introduced an all-new system architecture to bring the power of the CPU, GPU, and now a new high performance Neural Processing Unit (NPU) together. Connected to and enhanced by the large language models (LLMs) running in our Azure Cloud in concert with small language models (SLMs), Copilot+ PCs can now achieve a level of performance never seen before. They are up to 20x more powerful [1] and up to 100x as efficient [2] for running AI workloads and deliver industry-leading AI acceleration. They outperform Apple’s MacBook Air 15” by up to 58% in sustained multithreaded performance [3] , all while delivering all-day battery life.  With incredible efficiency, Copilot+ PCs can deliver up to 22 hours of local video playback or 15 hours of web browsing on a single charge. [4] That is up to 20% more battery in local video playback than the MacBook Air 15”. [5]

Windows now has the best implementation of apps on the fastest chip, starting with Qualcomm. We now offer more native Arm64 experiences than ever before, including our fastest implementation of Microsoft 365 apps like Teams, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Excel, OneDrive and OneNote. Chrome, Spotify, Zoom, WhatsApp, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Blender, Affinity Suite, DaVinci Resolve and many more now run​ natively on Arm to give you great performance with additional apps, like Slack, releasing later this year. In fact, 87% of the total app minutes people spend in apps today have native Arm versions. [6] With a powerful new emulator, Prism, your apps run great, whether native or emulated.

Every Copilot+ PC comes secured out of the box. The Microsoft Pluton Security processor will be enabled by default on all Copilot+ PCs and we have introduced a number of new features, updates and defaults to Windows 11 that make it easy for users to stay secure. And, we’ve built in personalized privacy controls to help you protect what’s important to you. You can read more about how we are making Windows more secure here .

Entirely new, powerful AI experiences   

Copilot+ PCs leverage powerful processors and multiple state-of-the-art AI models, including several of Microsoft’s world-class SLMs, to unlock a new set of experiences you can run locally, directly on the device. This removes previous limitations on things like latency, cost and even privacy to help you be more productive, creative and communicate more effectively.  

Recall instantly  

We set out to solve one of the most frustrating problems we encounter daily – finding something we know we have seen before on our PC. Today, we must remember what file folder it was stored in, what website it was on, or scroll through hundreds of emails trying to find it.   

Now with Recall, you can access virtually what you have seen or done on your PC in a way that feels like having photographic memory. Copilot+ PCs organize information like we do – based on relationships and associations unique to each of our individual experiences. This helps you remember things you may have forgotten so you can find what you’re looking for quickly and intuitively by simply using the cues you remember. [7]

You can scroll across time to find the content you need in your timeline across any application, website, document, or more. Interact intuitively using snapshots with screenray to help you take the next step using suggested actions based on object recognition. And get back to where you were, whether to a specific email in Outlook or the right chat in Teams.

Recall leverages your personal semantic index, built and stored entirely on your device. Your snapshots are yours; they stay locally on your PC. You can delete individual snapshots, adjust and delete ranges of time in Settings, or pause at any point right from the icon in the System Tray on your Taskbar. You can also filter apps and websites from ever being saved. You are always in control with privacy you can trust.

Cocreate with AI-powered image creation and editing, built into Windows

Since the launch of Image Creator, almost 10 billion images have been generated, helping more people bring their ideas to life easily by using natural language to describe what they want to create. Yet, today’s cloud offerings may limit the number of images you can create, keep you waiting while the artwork processes or even present privacy concerns. By using the Neural Processing Units (NPUs) and powerful local small language models, we are bringing innovative new experiences to your favorite creative applications like Paint and Photos.

Combine your ink strokes with text prompts to generate new images in nearly real time with Cocreator. As you iterate, so does the artwork, helping you more easily refine, edit and evolve your ideas. Powerful diffusion-based algorithms optimize for the highest quality output over minimum steps to make it feel like you are creating alongside AI. Use the creativity slider to choose from a range of artwork from more literal to more expressive. Once you select your artwork, you can continue iterating on top of it, helping you express your ideas, regardless of your creative skills.

Take photo editing and image creation to the next level. With Restyle Image, you can reimagine your personal photos with a new style combining image generation and photo editing in Photos. Use a pre-set style like Cyberpunk or Claymation to change the background, foreground or full picture to create an entirely new image. Or jumpstart your next creative project and get visual inspiration with Image Creator in Photos. On Copilot+ PCs you can generate endless images for free, fast, with the ability to fine tune images to your liking and to save your favorites to collections.

Innovative AI experiences from the creative apps you love

We are also partnering with some of the biggest and most-loved applications on the planet to leverage the power of the NPU to deliver new innovative AI experiences.

Together with Adobe, we are thrilled to announce Adobe’s flagship apps are coming to Copilot+ PCs, including Photoshop, Lightroom and Express – available today. Illustrator, Premiere Pro and more are coming this summer. And we’re continuing to partner to optimize AI in these apps for the NPU. For Adobe Creative Cloud customers, they will benefit from the full performance advantages of Copilot+ PCs to express their creativity faster than ever before.

DaVinci Resolve Studio    

Effortlessly apply visual effects to objects and people using NPU-accelerated Magic Mask in DaVinci Resolve Studio.  

Remove the background from any video clip in a snap using Auto Cutout running on the NPU in CapCut.  

Stay in your flow with faster, more responsive adaptive input controls, like head movement or facial expressions via the new NPU-powered camera pipeline in Cephable.  

LiquidText  

Make quicker and smarter annotations to documents, using AI features that run entirely on-device via NPU, so data stays private in LiquidText. 

Have fun breaking down and remixing any music track, with a new, higher-quality version of NeuralMix™ that’s exclusive to NPU in Algoriddim’s djay Pro.  

Connect and communicate effortlessly with live captions  

In an increasingly connected and global world, Windows wants to bring people closer together. Whether catching up on your favorite podcast from a different country, or watching your favorite international sports team, or even collaborating with friends and colleagues across the world, we want to make more content accessible to more people.   

Live Captions now has live translations and will turn any audio that passes through your PC into a single, English-language caption experience, in real time on your screen across all your apps consistently. You can translate any live or pre-recorded audio in any app or video platform from over 40 languages into English subtitles instantly, automatically and even while you’re offline. Powered by the NPU and available across all Copilot+ PCs, now you can have confidence your words are understood as intended.   

New and enhanced Windows Studio Effects  

Look and sound your best automatically with easily accessible controls at your fingertips in Quick Settings. Portrait light automatically adjusts the image to improve your perceived illumination in a dark environment or brighten the foreground pixels when in a low-light environment. Three new creative filters (illustrated, animated or watercolor) add an artistic flare. Eye contact teleprompter helps you maintain eye contact while reading your screen. New improvements to voice focus and portrait blur help ensure you’re always in focus.   

Copilot, your everyday AI companion

Every Copilot+ PC comes with your personal powerful AI agent that is just a single tap away on keyboards with the new Copilot key. [8] Copilot will now have the full application experience customers have been asking for in a streamlined, simple yet powerful and personal design. Copilot puts the most advanced AI models at your fingertips. In the coming weeks, get access to the latest models including GPT-4o from our partners at OpenAI, so you can have voice conversations that feel more natural.

Advancing AI responsibly

At Microsoft, we have a company-wide commitment to develop ethical, safe and secure AI. Our responsible AI principles guided the development of these new experiences, and all AI features are aligned with our standards. Learn more here .

New Copilot+ PCs from Microsoft Surface and our partners

We have worked with each of the top OEMs — Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung — and of course Surface, to bring exciting new Copilot+ PCs that will begin to launch on June 18. Starting at $999, these devices are up to $200 less than similar spec’d devices [9] .

Surface plays a key role in the Windows ecosystem, as we design software and hardware together to deliver innovative designs and meaningful experiences to our customers and fans. We are introducing the first-ever Copilot+ PCs from Surface: The all-new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop.

The new Surface Laptop is a powerhouse in an updated, modern laptop design with razor-thin bezels, a brilliant touchscreen display, AI-enhanced camera, premium audio, and now with a haptic touchpad.

Choose between a 13.8” and 15” display and four stunning colors. Enjoy up to 22 hours of local video playback on Surface Laptop 15” or up to 20 hours on Surface Laptop13.8” on top of incredible performance and all-new AI experiences.

The new Surface Pro is the most flexible 2-in-1 laptop, now reimagined with more speed and battery life to power all-new AI experiences. It introduces a new, optional OLED with HDR display, and ultrawide field of view camera perfect for Windows Studio Effects. The new Surface Pro Flex Keyboard is the first 2-in-1 keyboard designed to be used both attached or detached. It delivers enhanced stability, with Surface Slim Pen storage and charging integrated seamlessly, as well as a quiet, haptic touchpad. Learn more here.

New Copilot+ PCs from the biggest brands available starting June 18:

• Acer : Acer’s Swift 14 AI 2.5K touchscreen enables you to draw and edit your vision with greater accuracy and with color-accurate imagery. Launch and discover AI-enhanced features, like Acer PurifiedVoice 2.0 and Purified View, with a touch of the dedicated AcerSense button.
• ASUS : The ASUS Vivobook S 15 is a powerful device that brings AI experiences to life with its Snapdragon X Elite Platform and built-in Qualcomm® AI. It boasts 40+ NPU TOPS, a dual-fan cooling system, and up to 1 TB of storage. Next-gen AI enhancements include Windows Studio effects v2 and ASUS AiSense camera, with presence-detection capabilities for Adaptive Dimming and Lock. Built for portability, it has an ultra-slim and light all-metal design, a high-capacity battery, and premium styling with a single-zone RGB backlit keyboard.
• Dell : Dell is launching five new Copilot+ PCs, including the XPS 13, Inspiron 14 Plus, Inspiron 14, Latitude 7455, and Latitude 5455, offering a range of consumer and commercial options that deliver groundbreaking battery life and unique AI experiences. The XPS 13 is powered by Snapdragon X Elite processors and features a premium, futuristic design, while the Latitude 7455 boasts a stunning QHD+ display and quad speakers with AI noise reduction. The Inspiron14 and Inspiron 14 Plus feature a Snapdragon X Plus 1and are crafted with lightweight, low carbon aluminum and are energy efficient with EPEAT Gold rating.
• HP : HP’s OmniBook X AI PC and HP EliteBook Ultra G1q AI PC with Snapdragon X Elite are slim and sleek designs, delivering advanced performance and mobility for a more personalized computing experience. Features include long-lasting battery life and AI-powered productivity tools, such as real-time transcription and meeting summaries. A 5MP camera with automatic framing and eye focus is supported by Poly Studio’s crystal-clear audio for enhanced virtual interactions.
• Lenovo : Lenovo is launching two AI PCs: one built for consumers, Yoga Slim 7x, and one for commercial, ThinkPad T14s Gen 6. The Yoga Slim 7x brings efficiency for creatives, featuring a 14.5” touchscreen with 3K Dolby Vision and optimized power for 3D rendering and video editing. The T14s Gen 6 brings enterprise-level experiences and AI performance to your work tasks, with features including a webcam privacy shutter, Wi-Fi 7 connectivity and up to 64GB RAM.
• Samsung : Samsung’s new Galaxy Book4 Edge is ultra-thin and light, with a 3K resolution 2x AMOLED display and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity. It has a long-lasting battery that provides up to 22 hours of video playback, making it perfect for work or entertainment on the go.

Learn more about new Copilot+ PCs and pre-order today at Microsoft.com and from major PC manufacturers, as well as other leading global retailers.

Start testing for commercial deployment today

Copilot+ PCs offer businesses the most performant Windows 11 devices with unique AI capabilities to unlock productivity, improve collaboration and drive efficiency. As a Windows PC, businesses can deploy and manage a Copilot+ PC with the same tools and processes used today including IT controls for new features and AppAssure support. We recommend IT admins begin testing and readying for deployment to start empowering your workforce with access to powerful AI features on these high-performance devices. You can read more about our commercial experiences here .

AI innovation across the Windows ecosystem  

Like we’ve always done with Windows, we have built a platform for our ecosystem partners to build on.  

The first Copilot+ PCs will launch with both the Snapdragon® X Elite and Snapdragon® X Plus processors and feature leading performance per watt thanks to the custom Qualcomm Oryon™ CPU, which delivers unrivaled performance and battery efficiency. Snapdragon X Series delivers 45 NPU TOPS all-in-one system on a chip (SoC). The premium integrated Qualcomm® Adreno ™ GPU delivers stunning graphics for immersive entertainment. We look forward to expanding through deep partnerships with Intel and AMD, starting with Lunar Lake and Strix Point. We will bring new Copilot+ PC experiences at a later date. In the future we expect to see devices with this silicon paired with powerful graphics cards like NVIDIA GeForce RTX and AMD Radeon™, bringing Copilot+ PC experiences to reach even broader audiences like advanced gamers and creators.  

We are at an inflection point where the PC will accelerate AI innovation. We believe the richest AI experiences will only be possible when the cloud and device work together in concert. Together with our partners, we’re setting the frame for the next decade of Windows innovation.  

[1] Based on snapshot of aggregated, non-gaming app usage data as of April 2024 for iGPU-based laptops and 2-in-1 devices running Windows 10 and Windows 11 in US, UK, CA, FR, AU, DE, JP.

[2] Tested April 2024 using Phi SLM workload running 512-token prompt processing in a loop with default settings comparing pre-release Copilot+ PC builds with Snapdragon Elite X 12 Core and Snapdragon X Plus 10 core configurations (QNN build) to Windows 11 PC with NVIDIA 4080 GPU configuration (CUDA build).

[3] Tested May 2024 using Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core benchmark comparing Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon X Elite 12 core and Snapdragon X Plus 10 core configurations to MacBook Air 15” with M3 8 core CPU / 10 Core GPU configuration. Performance will vary significantly between device configuration and usage.

[4] *Battery life varies significantly by device and with settings, usage and other factors. See aka.ms/cpclaims*

[5] *Battery life varies significantly based on device configuration, usage, network and feature configuration, signal strength, settings and other factors. Testing conducted May 2024 using the prelease Windows ADK full screen local video playback assessment under standard testing conditions, with the device connected to Wi-Fi and screen brightness set to 150 nits, comparing Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon X Elite 12 core and Snapdragon X Plus 10 core configurations running Windows Version 26097.5003 (24H2) to MacBook Air 15” M3 8-Core CPU/ 10 Core GPU running macOS 14.4 with similar device configurations and testing scenario.

[6] Based on snapshot of aggregated, non-gaming app usage data as of April 2024 for iGPU-based laptops and 2-in-1 devices running Windows 10 and Windows 11 in US, UK, CA, FR, AU, DE, JP.

[7] Recall is optimized for select languages (English, Chinese (simplified), French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.) Content-based and storage limitations apply. Learn more here .

[8] Copilot key functionality may vary. See aka.ms/keysupport

[9] Based on MSRPs; actual savings may vary

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