Adding Captions and Subtitles to Presentations

Adding Subtitles During Live Presentations

PowerPoint offers a real-time subtitle feature to display spoken words as captions during a presentation.

Steps to Enable Live Subtitles:

  1. Open PowerPoint:

    • Open your presentation.

  2. Go to the Slide Show Tab:

    • Navigate to "Slide Show" on the ribbon.

  3. Enable Subtitles:

    • Click "Always Use Subtitles" in the Monitors group.

  4. Customize Subtitle Settings:

    • Click the dropdown next to "Subtitle Settings" to configure:

      • Spoken Language: Select the language you’ll speak.
      • Subtitle Language: Choose the language for captions.
      • Microphone: Select the correct microphone input.
      • Position: Choose where subtitles appear (e.g., above or below the slide).

  5. Present with Subtitles:

    • Start the presentation by clicking "From Beginning" or "From Current Slide".
    • Speak clearly into your microphone, and PowerPoint will display real-time captions.