Record your screen in PowerPoint 2013

Important:   To use the screen recording feature in PowerPoint 2013, install the February 16, 2015 update for PowerPoint 2013.

1. Open the slide that you want to put the screen recording on.
2. On the Insert tab, click Screen Recording.

3. On the Control Dock, click Select Area (Windows logo key+Shift+A).

The minimum size area you can record is 64x64 pixels.

A cross-haired cursor  appears. Click and drag to select the area of the screen you want to record.

Tip:   PowerPoint automatically records the audio and the mouse pointer, so by default those options are selected on the control dock. To turn them off, deselect Audio (Windows logo key+Shift+U) and Record Pointer (Windows logo key+Shift+O).

If you have already done a screen recording during your current PowerPoint session, your prior area selection will appear on the screen. You can proceed with recording if that selection area suits you, or you can click Select Area to start over.

4. Click Record (Windows logo key+Shift+R).

Tip:   Unless you pin the Control Dock to the screen, it will slide up into the margin while you record. To make the unpinned Control Dock reappear, point the mouse cursor at the top of the screen.

5. To control your recording:
   • Click Pause to temporarily stop the recording (Windows logo key+Shift+R).
   • Click Record to resume recording (Windows logo key+Shift+R).
   • Click Stop to end your recording (Windows logo key+Shift+Q) (shown below).

6. When you are finished recording, save your presentation: File > Save. The recording is now embedded on the slide you selected in step 1.

To save the recording itself as a separate file on your computer, right-click the picture on the slide that represents the recording, and select Save Media as. In the Save Media As dialog box, specify a file name and folder location, then click Save.