Record a PowerPoint Presentation

Use the Camtasia Studio PowerPoint Add-in to record and produce PowerPoint presentations from within Microsoft PowerPoint«.

1.	In the Task List in Camtasia Studio, select Record PowerPoint.

2.	Microsoft PowerPoint« opens. Open a PowerPoint presentation to record.

3.	Select the recording options from the PowerPoint Add-in Toolbar.

To record voice narration, enable Record Audio .

To record camera video (Picture-in-Picture), enable Record Camera .

To preview the camera stream while recording, enable Camera Preview .

Click Camtasia Studio recording options to change the settings. See PowerPoint Add-In Options.

4.	Click the Record button .

5.	The presentation opens in presentation mode. A Camtasia Studio dialog opens in the lower right corner of the screen. Click the Click to begin recording button.

6.	Progress through the PowerPoint presentation slides.

7.	To stop the recording before the last slide, press <ESC>. To stop the recording at the end of the presentation, click Stop recording.

8.	Enter a file name and location and click Save. The presentation recording saves as a Camtasia Studio recording file (.camrec).

PowerPoint Add-In Hotkeys

Option	Hotkey
Record	CTRL + SHIFT + F9
Pause	CTRL + SHIFT + F9
Stop	CTRL + SHIFT + F10

 

See PowerPoint Recording Tips.