Click the New Comment button to add a new comment.
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By Doug Lowe with Ryan C. Williams from "Word 2010 All-in-One For Dummies"
You’ve written a document that several people need to review. With the Word 2010 Comments feature, everyone can put in their two cents. A comment is a little note a reviewer (or several reviewers) can add to your document without disturbing its content.
Comments are clear to read but aren’t damaging to the document. They print, the don’t upset your formatting, and you can save them to the document.
To create a comment, follow these steps:
1. Highlight a letter, a word, a phrase, an image, or an object.
2. Click the New Comment button in the Comments group on the Review tab.
3. Type the comment in the comment box that appears to the right.
4. Click elsewhere in the document or continue reading.
To edit a comment, you can just click inside the comment box and start typing. Comments can’t be added to the comment text — though if you click inside the comment text and add a new comment, it's added with the same text selected as the original comment. It’s an effective way to make a comment about a comment.
Note that not only are the initials of the reviewer added but the comments are automatically numbered as well. If you hover the mouse over a comment, the reviewer’s full name (not just initials) and the date and time the comment was created are displayed.
