Is it possible in Word (or with an add-on app) to allow users to enter
private comments on a shared document? We have a need to allow officers to
add comments to a document. But, the officer's comments/notes should only be
viewable by the officer who wrote them, not by others who also can
view/comment on the document. In other words, they need private comments.

Does anyone have an idea if this can be accomplished?
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-Craig

Hi ?B?Q3JhaWc=?=,

Is it possible in Word (or with an add-on app) to allow users to enter
private comments on a shared document? We have a need to allow officers to
add comments to a document. But, the officer's comments/notes should only be
viewable by the officer who wrote them, not by others who also can
view/comment on the document. In other words, they need private comments.

Does anyone have an idea if this can be accomplished?

It's not something that can be done with Word. At least, not reliably so that
no one could go in there and get a look. Word just isn't the right tool...

Of all the MS Office apps, I'd say your best bet would be InfoPath.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Thanks Cindy. In all my years of using Word, I've never been asked this
question. I've been stumped thinking of a way around it.

--
-Craig


"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi ?B?Q3JhaWc=?=,

Is it possible in Word (or with an add-on app) to allow users to enter
private comments on a shared document? We have a need to allow officers to
add comments to a document. But, the officer's comments/notes should only be
viewable by the officer who wrote them, not by others who also can
view/comment on the document. In other words, they need private comments.

Does anyone have an idea if this can be accomplished?

It's not something that can be done with Word. At least, not reliably so that
no one could go in there and get a look. Word just isn't the right tool...

Of all the MS Office apps, I'd say your best bet would be InfoPath.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply
in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)