Adding Voiceovers

In Keynote ’08, you can take advantage of the new Narration feature to record a voiceover on every slide. Since Keynote saves your timing, the narration will pause as you move from one slide to the next.

  1. Connect an external microphone to your Mac or use the built-in microphone (if available).
  2. Go to the slide from which you want to begin recording. (When you create a recorded slideshow, playback begins with the slide from which you started recording.)
  3. Choose Record Slideshow from the File menu. Keynote plays your presentation full screen.
  4. Speak into the microphone to record your narration. The pulsing red light in the upper-left corner lets you know you’re recording.
  1. Click the mouse button or press the Right Arrow key to advance to the next slide or use the following options for controlling the recording of your narrative:

    • Click W (white screen), F (freeze), or B (black screen) to pause recording. Press any key to resume.
    • Click the red recording indicator to pause recording. Click it again to resume recording.
    • Click Esc (Escape key) to stop playback and save the recording.

When you record a narration, Keynote automatically selects Recorded from the Presentation pop-up menu in the Document Inspector.