Find your way around the Slides and script screen

When every slide shows Audio ready, review the content. Select a slide on the left to see its appearance in the centre and its script on the right.

1. 1Click the slide you want to review.
2. 2Check how the slide, presenter and captions look in the centre.
3. 3Read the script on the right. Always check numbers and names against your slides yourself.

↘Red arrows and white labels are guide annotations ＋ Enlarge with callouts

1. 1
   Action Click the slide you want to review.
2. 2
   Check Check how the slide, presenter and captions look in the centre.
3. 3
   Check Read the script on the right. Always check numbers and names against your slides yourself.

Check In this example the script was a spoken-style explanation based on the slide text. Slide 1 was a single 17.8 second line beginning with a greeting. Estimate at the upper right shows the expected total length.

On the left and in the middle you select a slide and check how it looks.

1. 1Click a slide in the list. Each has Saved and Audio ready badges; with both, its script is saved and its narration exists.
2. 2Check the slide, presenter and caption in the preview. The Fit (36%) control below changes the zoom from 50% to 300%.
3. 3The buttons under the preview play and stop this slide’s narration (sound will play). The right end shows the position and the slide length, 00:00 / 00:28.
4. 4The strip at the bottom shows when each emphasis appears as red clips. The numbers on the left are line numbers.

↘Red arrows and white labels are guide annotations ＋ Enlarge with callouts

1. 1
   Action Click a slide in the list. Each has Saved and Audio ready badges; with both, its script is saved and its narration exists.
2. 2
   Check Check the slide, presenter and caption in the preview. The Fit (36%) control below changes the zoom from 50% to 300%.
3. 3
   Check The buttons under the preview play and stop this slide’s narration (sound will play). The right end shows the position and the slide length, 00:00 / 00:28.
4. 4
   Check The strip at the bottom shows when each emphasis appears as red clips. The numbers on the left are line numbers.

Check Slide 1 of this example has four lines, 28 seconds in total. Adjusting emphasis is covered in “Emphasize key parts of a slide”.

On the right, the lines of the selected slide are listed in speaking order. Each line becomes one speech clip in the video.

1. 1Each line shows its number and length (Line 1, 1.5 seconds) with the spoken text below. Click the text to rewrite it in place.
2. 2The three buttons at the lower left play, pause and stop just that line (sound will play).
3. 3Add emphasis adds an emphasis to the line. On our screen the button was red on lines that already had one.
4. 4Details opens settings for that line only, such as reading speed, caption text and body motion.
5. 5+ Add line adds a line to this slide. At the upper right of each line are arrows to move it up or down and a bin to delete it.

↘Red arrows and white labels are guide annotations ＋ Enlarge with callouts

1. 1
   Check Each line shows its number and length (Line 1, 1.5 seconds) with the spoken text below. Click the text to rewrite it in place.
2. 2
   Check The three buttons at the lower left play, pause and stop just that line (sound will play).
3. 3
   Check Add emphasis adds an emphasis to the line. On our screen the button was red on lines that already had one.
4. 4
   Check Details opens settings for that line only, such as reading speed, caption text and body motion.
5. 5
   Check + Add line adds a line to this slide. At the upper right of each line are arrows to move it up or down and a bin to delete it.

Check The screen notes that one line is one speech clip and that clicking a line lets you edit it. The Saved automatically time at the upper right shows the last save.

Click ⋯ at the upper right of This slide’s script for actions on the whole script.

1. 1Undo, Redo and History… take back or reapply recent changes.
2. 2Split lines at each full stop breaks a long line into one line per sentence. We used it in this example (next tutorial).
3. 3Recreate with AI, Recreate with instructions… and Redraw the slide recreate the script or slide.
4. 4Reapply emphasis for this slide and for all slides re-run automatic emphasis.

↘Red arrows and white labels are guide annotations ＋ Enlarge with callouts

1. 1
   Check Undo, Redo and History… take back or reapply recent changes.
2. 2
   Check Split lines at each full stop breaks a long line into one line per sentence. We used it in this example (next tutorial).
3. 3
   Check Recreate with AI, Recreate with instructions… and Redraw the slide recreate the script or slide.
4. 4
   Check Reapply emphasis for this slide and for all slides re-run automatic emphasis.

Check Click outside the menu or press Esc to close it without doing anything.