Voice commentary advice on slideshows

Hello. I use both Adobe Encore DVD 2.0 and Adobe Audition 2.0. Need some advice. I have a slideshow that requires different voice commentaries on each slide with music. I know I can just multi-track in Audition (voice and music). What's the best way to do "sync" the slides to the different voice commentary? I know in some less powerful DVD authoring software, you can add voice commentary to each slide then it is all mix at DVD creation. Or will I just have to watch the slideshow and "talk it through" while recording in Audition?
Any help would be appreciated.

The best & easiest way is as you suggest - record it whilst watching the clips.
It's the only way to be certain it is all in perfect sync.

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