audio notes in Word Notebook

[healy]

I have recorded an audio file using Word Notebook. I would like to
send the audio file to co-workers but they cannot seem to open it. Any
ideas

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Are your co-workers using Word 2004? Only Word 2004 can open documents in
Notebook Layout view and use the special features like audio, I think.

However, you could use Tools | Audio Notes | Export audio to get just the
audio file out, I think it comes out as an .mp4

Then send that around, it should be a standard format that most any audio
program can play, far as I know.

 

[Michel Bintener]

I'm not sure if Windows Media Player can play .mp4 files. It's a QuickTime
format, so QuickTime users will be able to play it without a glitch.
OpenSource alternatives like VLC might also be able to play them; I haven't
got the time to verify now.

However, you could use Tools | Audio Notes | Export audio to get just the
audio file out, I think it comes out as an .mp4

Then send that around, it should be a standard format that most any audio
program can play, far as I know.

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[Daiya Mitchell]

Well, *that's* aggravating! Thanks, Michel, for catching that error.

Daiya

 

[Paul Berkowitz]

Not so aggravating as all that. There's QuickTime for Windows available
(free and Pro), and used there quite a lot, I think.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html

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[Daiya Mitchell]

Even less aggravating, it turns out‹

"By default they are recorded as medium-quality compressed MP4 files, but
you can change this behavior in the preferences (Word > Preferences > Note
Recording) to record as WAV or AIFF -- although be warned, those file sizes
will be much larger than MP4."
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/08/03/ms_office.html