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Recording Interviews in Microsoft Word

September 7th, 2006, by Michael Stelzner

Betty from Durham North Carolina wrote and asked about recording interviews in Microsoft Word. Whether you are recording an interview for a white paper project or just want to record some audio while you are taking notes, Microsoft Word has an excellent feature called Notebook.

Notebook Layout

This sexy little feature allows you to record within Microsoft Word as you are taking notes. Every line of text is time stamped to the audio, so you can go back and review your notes to make sure you have everything correct. Additionally, everything is stored conveniently in one single file.

If you have used this feature, let me know how it has worked for you.

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5 Responses to “Recording Interviews in Microsoft Word”

  1. Susan Weiner Says:
    September 9th, 2006 at 1:48 pm

    Where can I find this cool feature? Do you need the most recent version of Word?

    When I typed “notebook” into the Word help box, it didn’t recognize the term.

  2. Michael Stelzner Says:
    September 10th, 2006 at 4:34 pm

    Hi Susan - I think you do need a newer version of Word. - Mike

  3. Susan Weiner Says:
    September 11th, 2006 at 10:47 am

    Thanks for your follow-up!

  4. Whitney Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 3:45 pm

    I believe it can only be found in Word 2004 for Mac users.

    I couldn’t find anything in online help or the Web knowledgebase for Microsoft Office for PCs. But when I went up to search.microsoft.com, I received a search result for “Notebook layout view” at the following URL:

    http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/word2004/using.aspx?pid=usingword2004&type=howto&article=/mac/LIBRARY/how_to_articles/office2004/wd_notebook.xml

    It leads to a Microsoft-run support site called Mactopia.

    Further proof that Mac users get all the good stuff.

    You might check out Microsoft’s OneNote application (retails for about $90, depending upon where you find it). There’s a *chance* that it includes some of the some functionality. The OneNote home page is:

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010858031033.aspx

  5. Michael Stelzner Says:
    September 13th, 2006 at 6:05 am

    Hey Whitney;

    I guess Word for the PC has not been updated since 2003. I see that a Word 2007 is coming soon, perhaps it will have this cool feature.

    Mike

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