The comment feature in Word 2003 seems more cumbersome to use than in
previous versions, or maybe I just can't see what may be right in front of me!

When I want to add a comment to a document, a pane opens up at the bottom.
I really dislike this feature and just want to add a comment and not have to
fool around with these panes. Also -- and I'm sure there is an easy answer
to this -- how do I shut this pane/close the comment? Right now, I grab the
bottom of the pane, pulling it down and out of sight.

Any help much appreciated. Thanks.

If you're in Normal View, you get the comment pane - that's the way it is.
You can do what you're doing to remove the pane - or Select Window Remove
Split from the Mneu (Alt+W, S if you're a keyboard man)

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Enjoy,
Tony


"Diddakoi" wrote in message
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The comment feature in Word 2003 seems more cumbersome to use than in
previous versions, or maybe I just can't see what may be right in front of
me!

When I want to add a comment to a document, a pane opens up at the bottom.
I really dislike this feature and just want to add a comment and not have
to
fool around with these panes. Also -- and I'm sure there is an easy
answer
to this -- how do I shut this pane/close the comment? Right now, I grab
the
bottom of the pane, pulling it down and out of sight.

Any help much appreciated. Thanks.

The pane that displays the comments is called the Reviewing Pane. Assuming
you have the Reviewing toolbar displayed, it's toggled with the rightmost
button.

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"Diddakoi" wrote in message
...
The comment feature in Word 2003 seems more cumbersome to use than in
previous versions, or maybe I just can't see what may be right in front of
me!

When I want to add a comment to a document, a pane opens up at the bottom.
I really dislike this feature and just want to add a comment and not have
to
fool around with these panes. Also -- and I'm sure there is an easy
answer
to this -- how do I shut this pane/close the comment? Right now, I grab
the
bottom of the pane, pulling it down and out of sight.

Any help much appreciated. Thanks.