3 Ways | Record Live PowerPoint Presentations🔥

How Do You Record Yourself While Presenting PowerPoint

Online communication is gradually becoming the primary means of communication for users. Nowadays, many users are more inclined to record live PowerPoint presentations with narration and timings than the traditional PPT presentation.

In this case, some users might raise similar questions as follows.

"How do you record yourself while presenting PowerPoint? Can you record a PowerPoint presentation as a video?”

If you're on this page, you're in the right place. This step-by-step guide aims to help you record live PowerPoint presentations using third-party tools or the Microsoft PowerPoint's Record Slide Show feature.

#1. Record Live PowerPoint Presentations via Screen Recorders 🔥

The first recommended and most efficient way to record live PowerPoint presentations is to utilize a professional screen recorder like EaseUS RecExperts. This utility not only allows you to record specific PowerPoint presentation slides or the entire PPT presentation but also provides various video editing features.

Step 1. Go to the meetings that you want to record. Then, launch EaseUS RecExperts on your devices. Choose the "Full Screen"  recording mode or select the recording area in the "Region" mode.

Step 2. Choose to record the webcam, system sound, microphone sound or none by clicking on the according buttons.

Step 3. It offers an AI background changer and green screen feature to users. You can change the video conference background as you like. When all is done, click on the red "REC" button to begin and click "F10" and "F9" to pause or stop recording.

Step 4. After recording, you can view the meeting videos in the pop-up recording list. You can even click "Edit" > "AI Assistant" > "Start" to get a text file of what has been said.  

The steps above show that EaseUS RecExperts also enables you to convert videos to texts.

#2. Record Live PowerPoint Presentations via MS PowerPoint's Record Slide Show

Microsoft PowerPoint releases a feature named Record Slide Show that can record your PowerPoint presentation or a single slide, capturing your voice, link gestures, and video presence. This PPT presentation could be stored in video format, making it easier for the online audience to access.

• Unlike MS PowerPoint's Record Slide Show, Microsoft PowerPoint's Screen Recording is another valuable feature for recording a Zoom presentation. Nevertheless, it cannot record narration and timings or export recorded PPT presentations into videos. Please keep this in mind when planning your presentation.
• Before recording a presentation using PPT, please check whether the Recording feature has been activated with these clicks: Open your PPT file > click Options > choose Customize Ribbon > tick the Recording box > click OK.

Step 1. Open the PPT file that you want to present > click Slide Show > select Record Slide Show.

Step 2. Select Record from Beginning or Record from Current Slide according to your situation.

Step 3. PowerPoint records both video and audio by default. Please click RECORD. After this process, you can STOP recording.

Step 4. To preview your recorded live PowerPoint presentation, click the Play button. After previewing, you're allowed to refer to the following clicks to remove narration or timings that you don't want.

If you're in record mode, click Clear > select from two options.

• Clear Recording on Current Slide: delete narration and timings on the current slide
• Clear Recording on All Slides: delete narration and timings from all slides at once

Step 5. To export your live PowerPoint presentation as a video, click File on the top left > select Export > choose Create a Video. Here, you'd better set the video quality to Full HD (1080p) instead of Ultra HD (4K), HD (720p), or Standard (480p).

Step 6. In the Save as type box, you can save this live PowerPoint presentation as an MPEG-4 or Windows Media Video > click Save to keep these changes.

• The MPEG-4 video format is suggested for optimal compatibility with video players.

#3. Record Live PowerPoint Presentations via OBS Studio

OBS Studio is a popular open-source video recorder good for live-streaming content and recording videos. Please refer to the steps below to record live PowerPoint presentations on Windows using OBS Studio.

Step 1. Open your Microsoft PowerPoint file > launch your OBS Studio > click + at the bottom-left corner of the screen > click + under the Sources tab.

Step 2. Select Display Capture > rename it > click OK.

Step 3. After seeing another pop-up window, designate the display area you intend to capture or record live PowerPoint presentations > click OK > choose Settings.

Step 4. Select Output > set a saved Recording Path.

Step 5. After setting up OBS for recording, you're ready to Start Recording.

Bonus Tips: Add and Record Audio in Live PowerPoint Presentations

If you intend to add and record audio to your live PowerPoint presentations, follow the instructions below.

Steps to Add audio from your PC

Step 1. Open your targeted PPT file > click Insert > Media > Audio.

Step 2. Select Audio on My PC > add your desired audio in the Insert Audio dialog box > click Insert.

Steps to Record Audio

Step 1. After opening your PPT file, click Insert > Media > Audio > select Record Audio (as shown above).

Step 2. Set a file name for your audio file > click Record > begin speaking.

Step 3. You can Play it to review your recording. If you're not satisfied, click the Record button to restart audio recording.

Conclusion

How to record live PowerPoint presentations with narration and timings? In theory, MS PowerPoint's Record Slide Show feature is also feasible. Nevertheless, it cannot work for users who want to edit their captured PPT presentation videos. Therefore, seeking help from a leading screen recording tool like EaseUS RecExperts might be your top choice.

FQAs about PowerPoint & Video Recording

This section also lists several relevant tips about PPT recording & video recording. If needed, please get an overview of them below.

1. How to insert a video from YouTube or another site in Microsoft PowerPoint?

For Microsoft 365, PowerPoint 2021, or PowerPoint 2019 users, you can insert an online video from YouTube or Vimeo on one PPT slide.

Step 1. Open your web browser and locate the video you want to insert > copy its URL address.

Step 2. Go to the PowerPoint slide where you want to add your targeted video > click Insert > select Video > Online Video.

Step 3. In the Online Video dialog box, paste your copied URL > select Insert.

Step 4. You can review your embedded online video by playing it.

2. How to record a presentation on Zoom with PowerPoint?

As stated earlier, you can make good use of the built-in features of Microsoft PowerPoint to record a Zoom presentation. Naturally, the optimal choice is to adopt EaseUS RecExperts.

3. How to record a presentation on Google Slides?

To make a Google slide presentation recording, you need to utilize Google Chrome on a laptop with a camera and microphone. Please refer to the following steps.

Step 1. Go to Google Slides > open your presentation > click Rec > select the Record new video button.

Step 2. Before beginning recording, modify the location and the size of the inset video frame.

Step 3. If you're ready to record, select the large red button at the bottom of the screen > follow on-screen instructions to operate.

Step 4. To pause recording, press the large red button at the bottom of the screen.

4. How to record a presentation on Teams?

Here are the steps: In Microsoft Teams, go to the Calendar tab > click Meet now > click More actions from the meeting control > click Start recording > click More actions and select Stop recording to finish the presentation.

5. Can I convert a video into text?

Yes, you can. Let's take TikTok videos as an example. With the AI Assistant tool of EaseUS RecExperts, you can easily transcribe TikTok videos to texts freely.

Step 1. Launch EaseUS RecExperts > enter the list of recordings in the lower left corner of the UI.

Step 2. Select the video you want to transcribe > right-click on it > click Edit > select AI Assistant.

Step 3. Set the Language and Save Path of your chosen video > click Start to begin the video transcription process.