Users should be able to revert to 'old style' comments.

[Guest]

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.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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.)

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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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.

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[Guest]

Is there a way that I can hide the comment while keeping the "balloon" pop
up?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

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[Guest]

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]

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

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!

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

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all may benefit.

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[Guest]

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.

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

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!

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

Is there a way that I can hide the comment while keeping the "balloon" pop
up?

:

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

Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

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.



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