We are trying to figure out how to add the Recording tab as mentioned in the article from Microsoft regarding Migrate your content from Office Mix. Specifically the section titled "How do I turn on the Recording tab in PowerPoint?". We do not see the option to add the Recording tab on our PowerPoint installations (16.0.4266.1001) on campus. However, PowerPoint installed on home installations through Office 365 has this option. Is there an option to make the Recording tab available in the campus installations so that our faculty can utilize the Recording tab when working with content in PowerPoint? Any assistance would be appreciated. John

Greg, Thank you for the suggestion. I forgot to mention I am in the IT department. :) The issue we have is that our instructional trainers have told the campus about Office Mix to the campus and now they are trying to figure out what to tell instructors that are using Office Mix or would like to switch over to the new. So, we have a mix of users who have been using it for a while and then possibly new faculty that will need to use it too. I believe the issue we had when we tried installing the install from Office 365 is that we could not control the updates. So, we went back to the OEM version so we could control updates. I will talk to our instructional designer to see if it would make sense to move those individuals who are currently using Office Mix and need the Record tab to the Office 365 install. I am just afraid there might be too many. Thanks again for the suggestion and the reply. If you come across anything else regarding the Record tab, please let me know. John

Jim,The only way we have been able to get this feature is to uninstall the enterprise version and then install from the faculty members Office 365 log on the O365 Office suite installation. Basically, this gives them the ability to have the Record Tab. The Enterprise version, which we install on all campus computers, does not have this feature or even ability to add it through the customize ribbon.John

Thanks John. If I learn further I'll post here as well.

Has anyone tried this yet?https://support.office.com/en-us/article/administrator-settings-for-the-recording-features-in-powerpoint-2016-16d1d535-2f07-4a04-ace2-a8eff89c079cThe articles says it applies to Powerpoint 2016 as well as 365 so it could be a solution for those of us using Enterprise.

Does anyone have any information about this issue? Trying to figure out how to add the Recording tab on our Office installation at work.John

Add the Recording Tab to PowerPoint Not Working

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PAUL BARRY
Copper Contributor
Nov 03, 2018
While the recording tab is not available, in the version my work uses most of the features are still available.

Under the "Insert" tab you can add screen recordings and audio to go with the slides as one option.

Under the "slide show" tab you can select 'Record Slide Show' - this does allow recording of the timing, Audio and use of the laser/pointer etc and to play the pre-recorded video's/audio for timing that added been added from the insert tab.
Then simply go File>export>Create Video and save it to a location ready to upload.

Hope that is a helpful work around.
John Haverty
Iron Contributor
Dec 07, 2017
Does anyone have any information about this issue? Trying to figure out how to add the Recording tab on our Office installation at work.

John
- Greg Edwards
  Iron Contributor
  Dec 07, 2017
  What update ring are you on? You can check by selecting File > Account in any Office application. You may need to be on the Current or Insider rings as opposed to the Deferred ring in order to see the Recording tab.
  - John Haverty
    Iron Contributor
    Dec 08, 2017
    Greg,
    
    Thanks! We are on 16.0.4266.1001 which is part of our campus installation. I read on another forum that might be the issue that we are not installing the Office 365 application but instead using a campus installation. This seems odd to me that they would not have the same options for both knowing that Microsoft is pushing the suite to not only computers on campus but also for use at home by faculty, staff, and students.
    
    I am not sure I found the exact "update ring" you are referring to so if you are not looking for 16.0.4266.1001 as for the version, let me know and I will check again.
    
    Thank you!
    
    John

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