giving option to record in a presentation

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I am making an interactive journal for my students. I have drop boxes for
them to add text in a kiosk mode. I would like to give them the option to
narrate by clicking on an icon of a microphone on the slide while it is in an
active show.

When I add sound and go to record sound, the little recording window pops
up. How can I set an action so this will happen when the show is viewed? Or
is there another way?

Thanks for any help!
 
Well....
I don't know how old your students are or how tech-savvy they are, but I can
get you most of the way to what you want.

Insert the image of the microphone on your slide in PowerPoint's edit
window. There are lots of places to get this image (including the built-in
clip art), but be sure to use a legal source for the image so everyone stays
happy. Now add an action setting to the image. You can do this by right
clicking on the microphone image, then selecting the Action Setting item
from the pop-up list.

In this dialog box, select the Mouse Click tab and the Run Program option.
In the text box add the all the text on a single line that falls between the
next two lines (shown this way in case the news group program breaks this
single command line into 2 text lines ...
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C:\Windows\System32\sndrec32.exe /new "c:\MyVoice.wav"
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Now, click on the OK button to close the dialog box. When the presentation
is running and the microphone is clicked on, the sound recorder program will
open (assuming that you are on a Windows computer where the operating system
has been installed into the default location.) with the sound file
"MyVoice.wav' ready to start recording. Simply click on the Red record
button and talk away. Then when you close the sound recorder, select Save
to replace the sound file (if it exists) with this new one. You may need to
click on the presentation slide one time to make the presentation active
again after you close the sound recorder.

The Up side of this method.
It will work on most Windows machines
does not require additional software
it does not require VBA
it is a simple set-up

The down side to this method
Additional recordings will overwrite the old one
volume controls are done in other parts of windows
It requires the user perform steps to start and save the file


Post back and let me know you were able to get the sound recorder working on
your system and also let me know if this meets the needs you have.


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