WD: Removing All Voice Annotations from a Word File

• Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.0.1

SUMMARY

If you insert a voice annotation in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, the size of the saved file can increase dramatically. This increase occurs because the data structure for the sound portion of a voice annotation, although compressed, is still significantly larger than even the most complex formatted text.

There is no automatic way to strip out all voice annotations in a Word document. If the formatting of the document is not important, you can save the file in a Text Only format, which deletes all formatting, linking, and voice annotations.

To retain all formatting information in the file, you can use the Replace command to remove the voice annotations. Voice annotations have a graphic and a link attached to them. If you remove the graphics, the voice annotations are also removed. Removing the links is optional.

MORE INFORMATION

To remove all voice annotations from a document, use the following steps:

1. On the View menu, click Show Paragraph.

       This allows you to see the bookmarks surrounding all voice annotations. 
       They appear as gray brackets.
   

2. On the Edit menu, click Replace.

3. From the Special pop-up menu for Find What, click Graphic. Leave the space for Replace With blank.

4. Click Find Next until you find a voice annotation.

       NOTE: This procedure finds all graphics in a file in addition to all
       voice annotations. You must verify that you have found a voice
       annotation when you use the next step.
   

5. Click Replace.

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have deleted all voice annotations.

1. Click inside the bookmark surrounding the voice annotation.

2. From the Edit menu, choose Link Options.

3. Press the Unlink button.