Export to Video with audio narrations included
This seems to be something thats been voted upon, and had been "completed". However, there is not a hint of the narration in the exported video. Please add!!

Thank you for voting this request! If you are an Office 365 subscriber, you may now export your presentation to a video with a playback of the narration audio! Please upgrade to version 16.19(181109) or higher, and give it a try.
Again, thank you for helping us improve the product, and please keep voting the other features on your wish list :)
-PowerPoint Team
534 comments
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Anonymous commented
Still not working as of 12/22! Please fix this! It is ludicrous that this isn't a default feature on the Mac version!
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Dani Myers commented
I'm sorry to contradict the Product Manager's status update, but this feature still doesn't work on a Mac as of mid-November 2019. From the comments below, it appears that I am not the only one struggling with this. I have the most updated version of everything and have been using PowerPoint for many years (i.e., this is not a user issue). I've admittedly spent a great deal of time, money, and other valuable resources working around these unacceptable limitations. We pay a lot for Office 365. Please ensure full Mac functionality for this product!
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Laura Greenwald commented
This is the work around I used: I recorded the ppt in fullscreen using screen casting software (snagit 2020 - free trial for 15 days). Just make sure you record with audio. Your mac also has screen casting ability (at least on Catalina) but it doesn't capture audio (at least I couldn't figure it out in the 10 minutes I had to mess with this). For that, you could record using snagit and then open the mp4 in imovie and add your audio file to that.
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Hal commented
The Product Manager for Office.com is a liar.
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Beth Keenan commented
It still doesn’t work with version 16.30 with embedded audio. Am on Mac. I tried exporting to both mp4 and mov but no luck, no audio. This is very inconvenient. If I can get a trial on a PC will it work?
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Anonymous commented
Could not export as MP4 or MOV with audio using PowerPoint 16.28. This is bad!!
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Themis commented
It still doesn’t work with version 16.30 with embedded audio. I tried exporting to both mp4 and mov but no luck, no audio.
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Anonymous commented
still doesn't work...really need that that audio component for a presentation...
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Luciann commented
Hi:
I am using Power Point 16.29 on a Mac and it will not export the audio when the file is converted to a mp4 file :/ Is there any other way I could make this work?! Thank you. -
Hira commented
its still not working. I spent an entire day trying to figure this out. The sounds don't work when exporting a pptx to a .mov or .mp4
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Anonymous commented
Why can't sounds added to animations play when exported to mp4 on a Mac. It works fine on a PC?
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Anonymous commented
still not working. i'm using version 16.28(19081202)
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Anonymous commented
powerpoint 2019 216.29 build 19090802 still can't play exported mp4 or mov with embedded video files :( what a shame_!!!
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earl commented
Is there really no way to save with audio! This is crazy. Any other app that can convert? Why am i paying for this? Won't be, moving forward
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Anonymous commented
Yes, please fix! I built my eLearning deck in Powerpoint for Mac assuming that when I exported to video the audio would be included - but not so. Very frustrating!!! Equally frustrating is that you can do that on a PC, but not on a Mac. When will Mac users no longer be treated by Microsoft as second-class citizens?
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Ileana Baeza commented
Please fix this issue. I have spent an entire day looking for a way to export ppt with sound and there is none!
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Huang Mark commented
I just tried exporting on a Mac , both to MOV and to MP4. The audio isn't included.
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Lance Asher commented
My wife needs to submit a powerpoint for nursing school tonight and we're just now learning that PowerPoint won't export audio to .Mp4 or .MOV and I'm just wondering how this is even possible?
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Anonymous commented
I have version 16.27 for Mac 2019 and it still won't export my video and audio. How do I fix this?
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Natasha commented
when i export my powerpoint to a video file on a mac, the videos and sound included do not play. however they do when exported to a video on a pc!!! this is ridiculous!!! please fix this simple problem.