Set up a self-running presentation
To set up a PowerPoint presentation to run automatically, do the following:
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On the Slide Show tab, click Set Up Slide Show.
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Under Show type, pick one of the following:
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To allow the people watching your slide show to have control over when they advance the slides, select Presented by a speaker (full screen).
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To present your slide show in a window, where control over advancing the slides is not available to the people watching, select Browsed by an individual (window).
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To loop your slide show until the people watching press Esc, select Browsed at a kiosk (full screen).
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Rehearse and record slide timings
When you choose the following show types: Presented by a speaker (full screen) and Browsed at a kiosk (full screen), you’ll want to rehearse and record timings for effects and slides.
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On the Slide Show tab, click Rehearse Timings.
Note: The presentation timer begins immediately when you click Rehearse Timings.
The Rehearsal toolbar appears and the Slide Time box begins timing the presentation.
Figure: The Rehearsal toolbar
Next (advance to next slide)
Pause
Slide Time
Repeat
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While timing your presentation, you can do one or more of the following on the Rehearsal toolbar:
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To move to the next slide, click Next.
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To temporarily stop recording the time, click Pause.
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To restart recording the time after pausing, click Pause.
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To set an exact length of time for a slide to appear, type the length of time in the Slide Time box.
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To restart recording the time for the current slide, click Repeat.
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After you set the time for the last slide, a message box displays the total time for the presentation and prompts you to do one of the following:
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To keep the recorded slide timings, click Yes.
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To discard the recorded slide timings, click No.
Slide Sorter view appears and displays the time of each slide in your presentation.
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Add narration or sound
To record a narration, your computer requires a sound card and a microphone, and a microphone connector if the microphone is not a part of your computer.
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On the Slide Show tab, in the Set Up group, click the arrow on the Record Slide Show button.
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Select one of the following:
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Start Recording from Beginning
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Start Recording from Current Slide
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In the Record Slide Show dialog box, select the Narrations and laser pointer check box, and if appropriate, select or deselect the Slide and animation timings check box.
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Click Start Recording.
Tips:
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To pause the narration, in the Recording shortcut menu in Slide Show view, click Pause. And to resume your narration, click Resume Recording.
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To end your slide show recording, right-click the slide, and then click End Show.
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The recorded slide show timings are automatically saved and the slide show appears in Slide Sorter view with timings beneath each slide.