Create a self-running presentation
Applies To
PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 for Mac PowerPoint 2024 PowerPoint 2024 for Mac PowerPoint 2021 PowerPoint 2021 for Mac PowerPoint 2019 PowerPoint 2016You can use a self-running presentation to run unattended in a booth or kiosk at a trade show or convention, or you can save it as a video and send it to a client.
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On the Slide Show tab, select Set Up Slide Show.
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Under Show type, pick one of the following:
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Presented by a speaker (full screen) Allows the people watching your slide show to have control over when they advance the slides.
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Browsed by an individual (window) Presents your slide show in a window, where control over advancing the slides is not available to the people watching.
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Browsed at a kiosk (full screen) Loops your slide show until the person watching presses Esc.
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Rehearse and record slide timings
When you choose the following show types: Presented by a speaker (full screen) or 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, select Rehearse Timings.
Note: The presentation timer begins immediately when you select Rehearse Timings.
The Rehearsal toolbar appears and the Slide Time box begins timing the presentation.
Figure: The Rehearsal toolbar
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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, select Next.
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To temporarily stop recording the time, select Pause.
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To restart recording the time after pausing, select 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, select 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, select Yes.
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To discard the recorded slide timings, select 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, select the arrow on the Record button.
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Select one of the following:
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From Current Slide
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From Beginning
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Select Start Recording.
Tips:
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To pause the narration, in the Recording shortcut menu in Slide Show view, select Pause. And to resume your narration, select Resume Recording.
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To end your slide show recording, right-click the slide, and then select 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.
You can record a narration before you run a presentation, or you can record it during the presentation and include audience comments. If you do not want narration throughout your entire presentation, you can record separate sounds or comments on selected slides or objects. For more details, see Record a slide show with narration and slide timings.
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On the Slide Show tab, select Set Up Slide Show.
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Under Show type, pick one of the following:
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Presented by a speaker (full screen) Allows the people watching your slide show to have control over when they advance the slides.
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Browsed by an individual (window) Presents your slide show in a window, where control over advancing the slides is available to the people watching.
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Browsed at a kiosk (full screen) Loops your slide show until the person watching presses Esc. (Selecting this option automatically selects the Loop continuously until 'Esc' check box and causes your slide show to run in a loop.)
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Rehearse and record slide timings
When you choose the following show types: Presented by a speaker (full screen) or 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, select Rehearse Timings.
Note: The presentation timer begins immediately when you select Rehearse Timings.
A Rehearsal toolbar appears, and the Slide Time box begins timing the presentation. The toolbar includes a timer, a pause/play button, and Repeat button
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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, select Next.
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To temporarily stop recording the time, select Pause.
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To restart recording the time after pausing, select Play.
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To restart recording the time for the current slide, select
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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, select Yes.
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To discard the recorded slide timings, select No.
On the view tab, you can then switch to Slide Sorter view to see the time allotted for each slide in your presentation.
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Set up slide transitions
If you want a slide show to run automatically at a kiosk, you can control when and how the slides advance. To do this, you can apply the same transition to all slides in the presentation and set the transition to automatically advance after a certain time interval.
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On the Transitions tab, select the transition that you want.
To see more transitions, point to a transition, and then select
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Do the following on the Transitions tab:
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To set the amount of time that each slide is displayed, select After and enter the number of seconds you want.
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To set the duration of each transition between slides, enter the amount of time in the Duration box.
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Select Apply to All.
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Export a presentation to video
You can export a presentation as a movie file. See Save a presentation as a movie file for more details.
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