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Word 2002 Comment Formatting
Hello,
Is it possible to get text that has been commented to show up as highlighted text instead of just surrounded by colored brackets? It seems that this feature was available in Word 2000 and also Word 2003. I have looked just about everywhere for an answer so far have not found anything. Thanks. R. Kuehn |
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Hi
Unfortunately, no. In Word 2002, Microsoft decided to display commented text with only the little brackets, but opinion persuaded them to change back to highlighting for Word 2003. By the way, beware making a comment without selecting a whole word or sentence. If you just click and make a comment in Word 2002, you can barely see the brackets at all! Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "R Kuehn" wrote in message . 83... Hello, Is it possible to get text that has been commented to show up as highlighted text instead of just surrounded by colored brackets? It seems that this feature was available in Word 2000 and also Word 2003. I have looked just about everywhere for an answer so far have not found anything. Thanks. R. Kuehn |
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Hi R,
Is it possible to get text that has been commented to show up as highlighted text instead of just surrounded by colored brackets? you can use a macro, such as the one below: Option Explicit Private Const highlightColor As Long = wdBrightGreen 'Alternate values: wdPink, wdYellow, wdTurquoise ' wdGreen, wdBlue, wdRed, wdTeal, wdDarkRed, wdDarkYellow ' wdDarkBlue, wdGray25, wdGray50, wdViolet, wdBlack Sub InsertAnnotation() Dim rng As Word.Range Dim cmt As Word.Comment 'Optional: prompt to enter the comment text 'Comment out the following 7 lines of code 'if you do not want to be prompted Dim commentText As String Dim msgPrompt As String Dim msgTitle As String commentText = "" 'Change the text in "quotes" to change the prompt msgPrompt = "Enter the comment text" 'Change the text in "quotes" to change 'the title at the top of the box msgTitle = "Comment text" commentText = InputBox(msgPrompt, msgTitle) If commentText = "" Then Exit Sub 'Set the highlight HighlightSelection Set rng = Selection.Range 'Create the comment Set cmt = ActiveDocument.Comments.Add(rng, commentText) 'Optional: Display the Reviewing task pane 'Comment out the following 6 code lines if 'you do not want to force display of the task pane 'If there's more than one task pane, check if the second one 'is in Web View; if not, set the Revisions task pane If ActiveWindow.Panes.Count 1 Then If ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Panes(2).View wdWebView Then _ ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneRevisions Else 'if there's only one pane for the document 'display the Revisions task pane ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneRevisions End If End Sub Sub HighlightSelection() 'Check whether the selection is only a blinking insertion point 'If it is, extend the range to include the entire word 'the IP is in, or the one to which it is directly adjacent If Selection.Type = wdSelectionIP Then 'Comment out the following line if you want to retain 'a bracket only, and not highlight an entire word 'if there is no selection Selection.Words(1).Select End If Selection.Range.HighlightColorIndex = highlightColor End Sub 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 :-) |
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If anyone from Microsoft reads this: Please change the in-text formatting of
comment back from those almost invisible small brackets to the old highly visible highlighting? Or let us at least have a chance to choose for ourselves. I just got a new computer with this new version of word, and need to do a lot of reviewing. But I can't even spot my own comments in the text!!! Thanks for the macro, Cindy, do I just paste into a new vba window? does it start automatically when I insert a comment? "R Kuehn" wrote: Hello, Is it possible to get text that has been commented to show up as highlighted text instead of just surrounded by colored brackets? It seems that this feature was available in Word 2000 and also Word 2003. I have looked just about everywhere for an answer so far have not found anything. Thanks. R. Kuehn |
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I'm not sure what your complaint/suggestion is meant to do. Microsoft has
already made this change in Word 2003 (as a result of user demand). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Thure" . wrote in message ... If anyone from Microsoft reads this: Please change the in-text formatting of comment back from those almost invisible small brackets to the old highly visible highlighting? Or let us at least have a chance to choose for ourselves. I just got a new computer with this new version of word, and need to do a lot of reviewing. But I can't even spot my own comments in the text!!! Thanks for the macro, Cindy, do I just paste into a new vba window? does it start automatically when I insert a comment? "R Kuehn" wrote: Hello, Is it possible to get text that has been commented to show up as highlighted text instead of just surrounded by colored brackets? It seems that this feature was available in Word 2000 and also Word 2003. I have looked just about everywhere for an answer so far have not found anything. Thanks. R. Kuehn |
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Hi ?B?VGh1cmU=?=,
Thanks for the macro, Cindy, do I just paste into a new vba window? does it start automatically when I insert a comment? You'll find instructions on the word.mvps.org website on how to use macros you get from a website. Watch out for text breaking at the end of lines, for example. Yes, in this particular case, it should execute when you use the Insert/Comment command from the menu, or the Ctrl+M keyboard shortcut (if you haven't reassigned it from the installation default) 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 :-) |
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