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Users should be able to revert to 'old style' comments.
As an educator who uses computers in the classroom, I have to say that the
older style of comments had a great use in the classroom. I could type a document, and insert a comment on a particular word. The 'old style' was to highlight it in yellow. When the student moved their mouse over the word, the comment will appear. This was a great way to insert vocabulary terms to unfamilar words. While the new comments are OK, I would like the option to change it to the old format, instead of underlining the word, and placing the comment to the right side of the page. Thank you. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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This option is still available, but it depends on settings on the student's
computer, not yours. If he is using Word 2000 or earlier, this is what he will see by default. In Word 2002 and 2003, ScreenTips are displayed in Normal view. They are also displayed in Print Layout view if balloons are disabled on the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options. (Of course, ScreenTips must also be enabled on the View tab of Tools | Options.) -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... As an educator who uses computers in the classroom, I have to say that the older style of comments had a great use in the classroom. I could type a document, and insert a comment on a particular word. The 'old style' was to highlight it in yellow. When the student moved their mouse over the word, the comment will appear. This was a great way to insert vocabulary terms to unfamilar words. While the new comments are OK, I would like the option to change it to the old format, instead of underlining the word, and placing the comment to the right side of the page. Thank you. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Is there a way that I can hide the comment while keeping the "balloon" pop
up? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This option is still available, but it depends on settings on the student's computer, not yours. If he is using Word 2000 or earlier, this is what he will see by default. In Word 2002 and 2003, ScreenTips are displayed in Normal view. They are also displayed in Print Layout view if balloons are disabled on the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options. (Of course, ScreenTips must also be enabled on the View tab of Tools | Options.) -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... As an educator who uses computers in the classroom, I have to say that the older style of comments had a great use in the classroom. I could type a document, and insert a comment on a particular word. The 'old style' was to highlight it in yellow. When the student moved their mouse over the word, the comment will appear. This was a great way to insert vocabulary terms to unfamilar words. While the new comments are OK, I would like the option to change it to the old format, instead of underlining the word, and placing the comment to the right side of the page. Thank you. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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If balloons are disabled and the Reviewing Pane is not displayed, only the
ScreenTips will be seen, but this will depend on the recipient's workspace setup, not yours. Moreover, if the recipient has "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving" enabled (as it is by default--and should be), then the Reviewing Pane will likely be displayed. -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... Is there a way that I can hide the comment while keeping the "balloon" pop up? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This option is still available, but it depends on settings on the student's computer, not yours. If he is using Word 2000 or earlier, this is what he will see by default. In Word 2002 and 2003, ScreenTips are displayed in Normal view. They are also displayed in Print Layout view if balloons are disabled on the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options. (Of course, ScreenTips must also be enabled on the View tab of Tools | Options.) -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... As an educator who uses computers in the classroom, I have to say that the older style of comments had a great use in the classroom. I could type a document, and insert a comment on a particular word. The 'old style' was to highlight it in yellow. When the student moved their mouse over the word, the comment will appear. This was a great way to insert vocabulary terms to unfamilar words. While the new comments are OK, I would like the option to change it to the old format, instead of underlining the word, and placing the comment to the right side of the page. Thank you. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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You've been a big help so far... Thanks! Because I, or my fellow teachers
will be in charge of the computer lab, we can control the recipient's workspace. I do have two more questions though... 1. Is there a way I can change the color of the highlighted comment. I know that I can change the bracket color, but the word(s) themselves will become highlighted in a complimentary color. I would like the bracketes to be Black with the word highlighted in yellow (or some other 'stand out' color) if possible. (I'm just being picky now, this is the perfectionist coming out in me!) 2. Is there a way to hide the [f1], [f2], etc... comment markers next to each word? This may be confusing to the younger students. I still want the comment to be visible if they move their mouse over it, but the [f1]'s appear to be part of the comment, or take up the space next to it. Thanks for your help so far! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If balloons are disabled and the Reviewing Pane is not displayed, only the ScreenTips will be seen, but this will depend on the recipient's workspace setup, not yours. Moreover, if the recipient has "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving" enabled (as it is by default--and should be), then the Reviewing Pane will likely be displayed. -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... Is there a way that I can hide the comment while keeping the "balloon" pop up? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This option is still available, but it depends on settings on the student's computer, not yours. If he is using Word 2000 or earlier, this is what he will see by default. In Word 2002 and 2003, ScreenTips are displayed in Normal view. They are also displayed in Print Layout view if balloons are disabled on the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options. (Of course, ScreenTips must also be enabled on the View tab of Tools | Options.) -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... As an educator who uses computers in the classroom, I have to say that the older style of comments had a great use in the classroom. I could type a document, and insert a comment on a particular word. The 'old style' was to highlight it in yellow. When the student moved their mouse over the word, the comment will appear. This was a great way to insert vocabulary terms to unfamilar words. While the new comments are OK, I would like the option to change it to the old format, instead of underlining the word, and placing the comment to the right side of the page. Thank you. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Since I rarely use comments, you're straying into areas I'm not really
familiar with. Perhaps some other users will fill in the gaps. The highlight color will be determined by the color set on the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options. You can select yellow, but the brackets will also be yellow. Since I see SSB1 in a comment I insert, I would guess that the "f" is entered in the Initials field on the User Information tab of Tools | Options. If you leave this blank, it will be regenerated from whatever is in the Name field; if you enter a space here, you'll get a space followed by a number in the comment; I don't believe there's any way to omit the number. You can experiment with the User Information settings (as I have done to my great entertainment and consternation). If you omit the Name field entirely, it will be regenerated. If you replace it with a space, it will not. At that point you might think you could omit the space from the Initials field, but no! If you do that, then you get MSOffice before the comment number! Perhaps you need to give your students more credit and assume that they'll get used to whatever they see! -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... You've been a big help so far... Thanks! Because I, or my fellow teachers will be in charge of the computer lab, we can control the recipient's workspace. I do have two more questions though... 1. Is there a way I can change the color of the highlighted comment. I know that I can change the bracket color, but the word(s) themselves will become highlighted in a complimentary color. I would like the bracketes to be Black with the word highlighted in yellow (or some other 'stand out' color) if possible. (I'm just being picky now, this is the perfectionist coming out in me!) 2. Is there a way to hide the [f1], [f2], etc... comment markers next to each word? This may be confusing to the younger students. I still want the comment to be visible if they move their mouse over it, but the [f1]'s appear to be part of the comment, or take up the space next to it. Thanks for your help so far! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If balloons are disabled and the Reviewing Pane is not displayed, only the ScreenTips will be seen, but this will depend on the recipient's workspace setup, not yours. Moreover, if the recipient has "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving" enabled (as it is by default--and should be), then the Reviewing Pane will likely be displayed. -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... Is there a way that I can hide the comment while keeping the "balloon" pop up? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This option is still available, but it depends on settings on the student's computer, not yours. If he is using Word 2000 or earlier, this is what he will see by default. In Word 2002 and 2003, ScreenTips are displayed in Normal view. They are also displayed in Print Layout view if balloons are disabled on the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options. (Of course, ScreenTips must also be enabled on the View tab of Tools | Options.) -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... As an educator who uses computers in the classroom, I have to say that the older style of comments had a great use in the classroom. I could type a document, and insert a comment on a particular word. The 'old style' was to highlight it in yellow. When the student moved their mouse over the word, the comment will appear. This was a great way to insert vocabulary terms to unfamilar words. While the new comments are OK, I would like the option to change it to the old format, instead of underlining the word, and placing the comment to the right side of the page. Thank you. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Thanks for all of your help. It's amazing how Microsoft likes to make things
"easier" but in reality, it's more difficult! I can follow most complicated things with Word, but try teaching it to an elementary student, or in my case, a graduate student in a local University who seldom used a computer before! Hopefully someone in the MS Office world reads these comments and suggestions for future updates. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Since I rarely use comments, you're straying into areas I'm not really familiar with. Perhaps some other users will fill in the gaps. The highlight color will be determined by the color set on the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options. You can select yellow, but the brackets will also be yellow. Since I see SSB1 in a comment I insert, I would guess that the "f" is entered in the Initials field on the User Information tab of Tools | Options. If you leave this blank, it will be regenerated from whatever is in the Name field; if you enter a space here, you'll get a space followed by a number in the comment; I don't believe there's any way to omit the number. You can experiment with the User Information settings (as I have done to my great entertainment and consternation). If you omit the Name field entirely, it will be regenerated. If you replace it with a space, it will not. At that point you might think you could omit the space from the Initials field, but no! If you do that, then you get MSOffice before the comment number! Perhaps you need to give your students more credit and assume that they'll get used to whatever they see! -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... You've been a big help so far... Thanks! Because I, or my fellow teachers will be in charge of the computer lab, we can control the recipient's workspace. I do have two more questions though... 1. Is there a way I can change the color of the highlighted comment. I know that I can change the bracket color, but the word(s) themselves will become highlighted in a complimentary color. I would like the bracketes to be Black with the word highlighted in yellow (or some other 'stand out' color) if possible. (I'm just being picky now, this is the perfectionist coming out in me!) 2. Is there a way to hide the [f1], [f2], etc... comment markers next to each word? This may be confusing to the younger students. I still want the comment to be visible if they move their mouse over it, but the [f1]'s appear to be part of the comment, or take up the space next to it. Thanks for your help so far! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If balloons are disabled and the Reviewing Pane is not displayed, only the ScreenTips will be seen, but this will depend on the recipient's workspace setup, not yours. Moreover, if the recipient has "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving" enabled (as it is by default--and should be), then the Reviewing Pane will likely be displayed. -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... Is there a way that I can hide the comment while keeping the "balloon" pop up? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: This option is still available, but it depends on settings on the student's computer, not yours. If he is using Word 2000 or earlier, this is what he will see by default. In Word 2002 and 2003, ScreenTips are displayed in Normal view. They are also displayed in Print Layout view if balloons are disabled on the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options. (Of course, ScreenTips must also be enabled on the View tab of Tools | Options.) -- 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. "Enstrique" wrote in message ... As an educator who uses computers in the classroom, I have to say that the older style of comments had a great use in the classroom. I could type a document, and insert a comment on a particular word. The 'old style' was to highlight it in yellow. When the student moved their mouse over the word, the comment will appear. This was a great way to insert vocabulary terms to unfamilar words. While the new comments are OK, I would like the option to change it to the old format, instead of underlining the word, and placing the comment to the right side of the page. Thank you. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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