Abstract: A presentation application for recording and exporting slide show presentations is provided. Using the presentation application, a user can give a slide show presentation and request that the presentation application record the presentation. The presentation application may enable a microphone to record audio for the presentation. The presentation application may keep track of the timing between transitions in the slides of the presentation. Using the audio and the transition timing, the presentation application can create an audio-visual media file, such as an MPEG file. Using the presentation application, the user can export the audio-visual media file to another source or program, such as the Internet or QuickTime.