Printing inserted comments on the page

[Guest]

Hi everyone
I was wondering whether you could help with a problem. I'm trying to print comments from a doc file on the page (as opposed to at the end of a document) I've tried going File-Print-Option-Comments ticked. what I get is the comemnts listed at the end of the doc. What I would like is the comments to appear on the page in pp-up boxes. Word can do this, it re-formats the page and puts the comments in these neat little boxes spread around the expanded margins. Thing is, I'm not sure how to set this up. It may be a compatibility problem?
Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Nope, not a compatibility problem, Word can do it, in the version where
you've seen it. These are called "balloons." I turned it off because it
messed up my documents to print information that was only tangentially
useful. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Tools => Options => Track Changes (tab)

Change the option for using balloons from "Never."

Hope this helps,
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Hi everyone,
I was wondering whether you could help with a problem. I'm trying to

print comments from a doc file on the page (as opposed to at the end of a
document) I've tried going File-Print-Option-Comments ticked. what I get
is the comemnts listed at the end of the doc. What I would like is the
comments to appear on the page in pp-up boxes. Word can do this, it
re-formats the page and puts the comments in these neat little boxes spread
around the expanded margins. Thing is, I'm not sure how to set this up. It
may be a compatibility problem?

 

[Guest]

Hi Charles and everyone
To recap: I want to print comments within the body text of my document in pop-up boxes, or balloons
I just tried Tools => Options => Track Changes (tab), but there is no mention of balloons on the tab, or anywhere else in options so far as I can see. When I get to Track Changes I get four functions which are for highlighting text and format changes only. Am I mising a link here
Thanks for your help. i know this must be something silly (probably me

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Nope, you are using the wrong version of Word. I assumed you were using one
where you could had seen the balloons. That must have been on someone else's
computer or looking at someone else's printout. Don't know if they were
introduced in 2002 or 2003.
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Charles Kenyon

See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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Hi Charles and everyone,
To recap: I want to print comments within the body text of my document in pop-up boxes, or balloons.
I just tried Tools => Options => Track Changes (tab), but there is no

mention of balloons on the tab, or anywhere else in options so far as I can
see. When I get to Track Changes I get four functions which are for
highlighting text and format changes only. Am I mising a link here?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Try the following macro:

Sub PrintCommentsWithText
Dim c As Comment
For Each c In ActiveDocument.Comments
c.Reference.InsertAfter "[" & c.Range.Text & "]"
Next c
End Sub

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Stefan Blom

Hi everyone,
I was wondering whether you could help with a problem. I'm

trying to print comments from a doc file on the page (as opposed
to at the end of a document) I've tried going
File-Print-Option-Comments ticked. what I get is the comemnts
listed at the end of the doc. What I would like is the comments
to appear on the page in pp-up boxes. Word can do this, it
re-formats the page and puts the comments in these neat little
boxes spread around the expanded margins. Thing is, I'm not sure
how to set this up. It may be a compatibility problem?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Clarification: For each comment, the macro inserts the comment
text after the text the comment is attached to. When you've run
the macro, print the document and then close it without saving
(unless of course you want the inserted text to be saved with the
document).

If you need help on installing the macro, please see:
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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Stefan Blom

Try the following macro:

Sub PrintCommentsWithText
Dim c As Comment
For Each c In ActiveDocument.Comments
c.Reference.InsertAfter "[" & c.Range.Text & "]"
Next c
End Sub

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Stefan Blom

Hi everyone,
I was wondering whether you could help with a problem. I'm

trying to print comments from a doc file on the page (as opposed
to at the end of a document) I've tried going
File-Print-Option-Comments ticked. what I get is the comemnts
listed at the end of the doc. What I would like is the comments
to appear on the page in pp-up boxes. Word can do this, it
re-formats the page and puts the comments in these neat little
boxes spread around the expanded margins. Thing is, I'm not sure
how to set this up. It may be a compatibility problem?

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Guest]

I agree with Charles - depends on your version. Clarification: Was introduced with 2002 so if you are 2000 or below you don't have the option. cheers,

 

[Stefan Blom]

But for versions prior to Word 2002, you can use the macro I
posted.

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Stefan Blom

I agree with Charles - depends on your version.

Clarification: Was introduced with 2002 so if you are 2000 or
below you don't have the option. cheers,