Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 13, 2016)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Rather than using just text annotations in your documents, you can also embed audio files in your documents. In order to do this, you must have sound capabilities in your computer along with a microphone. Then you can follow these steps:
You can later listen to your message by simply double-clicking on the speaker icon.
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2016-09-03 20:13:53
allen@sharonparq.com
Dishonest, Sam? Really?
The article clearly states it is for older versions of the software. It may not be for the version you use, but that does NOT make it dishonest.
-Allen
2016-09-02 14:22:57
Sam
This is dishonest. This works for older Word, but not for 2016!
2016-08-11 22:29:02
pat
How cam I insert a voice annotation in word 2013?
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