Are you unable to record screen video or audio in your PowerPoint slides? Microsoft PowerPoint provides dedicated functions to directly record your screen video and audio and add them to your presentation. These recording features are very useful for adding tutorials and narrations to your presentations and making them more educational.
To record screen video in Microsoft PowerPoint, simply go to the Insert tab on the ribbon. After that, click on the Screen Recording option and use the Select Area option to select the area for screen recording. Now, press the Record button to start screen recording and when done, press the Stop button. The screen recording will be added to your presentation slides. Similarly, you can add audio recordings or narrations to your presentation slides. For that, go to the Insert > Audio option and choose Record Audio to start recording audio using your microphone.
Now, as per some Office users, the screen recording feature is not working properly in PowerPoint. While many users have reported not being able to record audio in their presentation slides.
This problem can occur due to various reasons. It might be caused if there is a particular add-in that you have installed in PowerPoint which is interfering with the recording features. Apart from that, if you haven’t allowed microphone permission on your computer, then the audio recording will fail. Outdated sound drivers can be another reason that you can’t record audio in your presentations. Other reasons for the same issue can be using an outdated version of the app, corruption in the app, incorrect sound settings, etc.
If you are one of the affected users who just can’t record screen video or add audio narrations in your sliders, this post will interest you. Here, we will discuss working fixes that should help you get rid of the problem. However, before applying a fix, make sure your microphone is in proper working condition. Else, you won’t be able to record audio in PowerPoint and other apps.
You should start by restarting your PowerPoint app. It is the simplest and quickest fix to solve most of the issues. If that doesn’t work, reboot your computer and then launch PowerPoint to check if the screen or audio recording feature is working fine or not. If not, you can use the next fix to resolve this issue.
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If the problem is resolved, you can be sure that certain add-ins or customization is causing the problem. You can try disabling your PowerPoint add-ins and check which one is causing the issue. Once you detect the culprit, remove the add-in from PowerPoint and start using it in normal mode. Here are the steps to disable or remove add-ins in PowerPoint:
If you are unable to record audio in PowerPoint, run the Recording Audio troubleshooter that comes prebuilt in Windows 11. It addresses common issues with the audio recording feature on your PC and fixes them itself. You can launch it and let Windows fix the problem for you. To do that, here are the simple steps you can use:
In case the problem remains the same, we have a few more solutions to this issue. So, move on to the next potential solution.
The audio recording not working issue in PowerPoint might be caused due to out-of-date sound drivers. So, you can update your audio drivers to fix the issue. You can check for available driver updates in the Optional Updates section in Windows Settings.
Open Settings using Win+I and go to Windows Update > Advanced options > Optional updates. From here, download and install pending audio driver updates. Besides that, you can also use the Device Manager app to update audio and other device drivers or download the latest audio drivers from the official website.
Once done, reboot your computer and then launch PowerPoint to check if the audio recording feature is working fine or not. If the problem remains the same, move on to the next potential fix.
If the screen recording feature is still not working properly in PowerPoint, you can try using a third-party screen recorder for Windows 11. You can record screen videos and import the clip into your presentation slides.
There are a lot of free screen recording applications that you can use. To name some, Screencast Capture Lite, ShareX, ScreenToGif, and CamStudio are some good apps. If you want, you can also try a portable screen recorder app that lets you record a screen video without installing the app.
The last resort to resolve this issue is to reinstall Microsoft Office on your PC. It might be the case that your PowerPoint app is corrupted and only a clean installation of the app can fix the issue. Hence, you will have to uninstall the corrupted copy of the Office package and then reinstall it on your computer.
Hopefully, this will fix the problem for you.
To start screen recording on your Windows 11/10 PC, you can press the Windows + Alt + R shortcut key. This will add a screen recording widget on the top of your desktop. You can simply start the screen recording, and when you are done recording the video, press the Stop button. The screen recordings are saved in your Videos\Captures folder.
Published on February 4, 2023 Tags: PowerPoint
Komal has done M.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. She is a keen follower of the Windows ecosystem & a technical writer since the last six years. She loves finding solutions for day-to-day tech problems.
