Re: Embedding an audio file in a Word document

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Okay, my brain finally kicks into gear and I realize that the solution,
duh, is to have the students simply create a hyperlink in the Word
document to the song on the website that I have assigned them to look
at. Why attach a file to the Word document when a hyperlink will do
just fine.
srnteach wrote:
Jim, thank you for your help.

I have now figured out the difference between MP3 and m4p and how to
convert things in my iTunes playlist to MP3, WAV or AIFF. Which format
does Word know how to play?

Your instructions worked perfectly for attaching the m4p to the Word
document and I succeeded in emailing the document, opening it, and
playing the song. File size was huge, however, and as suggested this
is likely to make the task I had in mind prohibitive.

Perhaps if I explained the task I had in mind, someone might have a
suggestion on how to do it. I am a teacher and I want my students to
write a brief essay on a particular subject (to be submitted via email
as a Word document, preferably) and attach to the essay an historic
piece of music that they select and download from a particular web
site. Is there a way to do this with realistic file sizes?

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

Jim Gordon wrote:
Hi,

The file type that is saved by iTunes when you drag from a playlist is
m4p (mpeg 4).

Word does not know how to play m4p format files. However, you can create
a link to the file from within Word, and that should work providing your
Windows users have either QuickTime, iTunes, or any other application on
their end that can play m4p files.

Here's what you can do:
1. Make a folder
2. Drag the iTunes song into the folder
3. Put the Word document into the folder
4. Select text, or a picture, or an autoshape and from the keyboard
press Apple+K. The Hyperlink dialog box will open. Click the Document
tab then click the Select button. Navigate to the music file then click OK.
5. Save the Word document (it must be in the folder at the same
directory level).
6. Control (or right)-click the folder and create an archive of the folder.

Send the archive to the Windows users. They can decompress it and then
the link in the Word document should work.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

srnteach wrote:
I want to create a Word document that can be e-mailed or downloaded
from a web site. I want this document to include an audio clip that
can be played by either Mac or PC users.

I can add an MP3 to the document using INSERT>MOVIE but I get a
compatibility alert saying that the QuickTime movie might not play on
Windows versions of Word.

Is there another way to add an audio file to a Word document that will
play for everybody?


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