Rehearse and time the delivery of a presentation
PowerPoint helps you record and time a presentation before you present it to an audience.
Tip: For the most powerful rehearsal experience consider opening your presentation in PowerPoint for the web and using Presenter Coach. For more information see: Rehearse your slide show with Presenter Coach.
Rehearse the presentation
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Select Slide Show > Rehearse Timings.
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Select Next, click the mouse or press the Right Arrow key to go to the next slide.
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The time for the current slide is shown to the right of the Pause icon. The time to the right of that is the time for the whole presentation.
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Select Pause to pause the recording. Select Resume Recording to resume.
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Select Yes to save the slide timings, or No to discard them.
You can also press Esc to stop the recording and exit the presentation.
View the timings
Select View > Slide Sorter. The amount of time allotted to a slide is shown at the bottom-right of the slide.
Turn off recorded slide timings before you give a presentation
To prevent slides from automatically advancing, use the recorded slide timings as follows:
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On the Slide Show tab of the ribbon, select Set UpSlide Show.
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In the dialog, under Advance slides, select Manually.
To turn the slide timings on again, switch back to Use Timings, if present.
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