[Mastiff]

Someone commented on an equation I wrote in the equation editor. It's where the little bubble is to the right with the comment and a red line points to a section (part of change tracking I guess). Thing is, I can't get rid of the comment. If I delete it, it destroys the equation, changes my view from print layout to "normal", and makes all my figures invisible. If I hit undo it all goes back to normal. I can hide the comments, but I don't want to distribute the document that way.

[Peter T. Daniels]

You're not using the Delete or Backspace key to try to get rid of it,
are you?

I admit I've never used the Equation Editor (though I've used Fields
extensively), so there may be some sort of weird interaction, but the
way to delete a Comment balloon is to select the balloon (just click
inside it; it darkens), and go to the place such things come from --
in Word2007 (and presumably 2010), it's on the Review tab, Comments
group, second icon from the left.

On Mar 8, 2:57*pm, Mastiff wrote:
Someone commented on an equation I wrote in the equation editor. *It's
where the little bubble is to the right with the comment and a red line
points to a section (part of change tracking I guess). *Thing is, I
can't get rid of the comment. *If I delete it, it destroys the equation,
changes my view from print layout to "normal", and makes all my figures
invisible. *If I hit undo it all goes back to normal. *I can hide the
comments, but I don't want to distribute the document that way.

--
Mastiff

[Mastiff]

I think this is a real bug in the software. I had someone else try it on their machine and the behavior is the same. Just make any sort of equation and point a comment to within the equation. When you delete the comment (I right clicked the comment and selected delete) everything goes crazy. It sort of comes back to normal if you save, exit and reopen the document, but one time that resulted in a comment in another equation converting itself into a blank undeletable bubble.

Originally Posted by Peter T. Daniels

You're not using the Delete or Backspace key to try to get rid of it,
are you?

I admit I've never used the Equation Editor (though I've used Fields
extensively), so there may be some sort of weird interaction, but the
way to delete a Comment balloon is to select the balloon (just click
inside it; it darkens), and go to the place such things come from --
in Word2007 (and presumably 2010), it's on the Review tab, Comments
group, second icon from the left.

On Mar 8, 2:57*pm, Mastiff wrote:
Someone commented on an equation I wrote in the equation editor. *It's
where the little bubble is to the right with the comment and a red line
points to a section (part of change tracking I guess). *Thing is, I
can't get rid of the comment. *If I delete it, it destroys the equation,
changes my view from print layout to "normal", and makes all my figures
invisible. *If I hit undo it all goes back to normal. *I can hide the
comments, but I don't want to distribute the document that way.

--
Mastiff

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Actually, you can right-click on the comment and choose Delete Comment,
which I assume is what Mastiff is doing.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
You're not using the Delete or Backspace key to try to get rid of it,
are you?

I admit I've never used the Equation Editor (though I've used Fields
extensively), so there may be some sort of weird interaction, but the
way to delete a Comment balloon is to select the balloon (just click
inside it; it darkens), and go to the place such things come from --
in Word2007 (and presumably 2010), it's on the Review tab, Comments
group, second icon from the left.

On Mar 8, 2:57 pm, Mastiff wrote:
Someone commented on an equation I wrote in the equation editor. It's
where the little bubble is to the right with the comment and a red line
points to a section (part of change tracking I guess). Thing is, I
can't get rid of the comment. If I delete it, it destroys the equation,
changes my view from print layout to "normal", and makes all my figures
invisible. If I hit undo it all goes back to normal. I can hide the
comments, but I don't want to distribute the document that way.

--
Mastiff