CIT continually receives feedback about alternatives, particularly about recording slideshows directly.

Note
Support for these are provided by the software companies directly.

Here are a few methods:

Windows

Microsoft Office
PowerPoint
- Record slideshow then
- Save presentation as video
Office Mix
- similar to Adobe Presenter
- works with PowerPoint for Windows only
- free beta software
- Microsoft has not committed to developing this in the future, use at your own risk

Mac

Microsoft Office for Mac

Save

Info

PowerPoint for Mac

not available in Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2016Save Keynote

(Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2013)

does not include recorded narration (refer to notes)
in short, recording then exporting a video is not possible in PowerPoint for Mac.