Add a comment
To add a comment, follow these steps:
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Place the cursor where you want to add a comment or select the text you want to add a comment.
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Switch to the comment mode in one of the following ways:
- On the Insert tab, click
Comment.
- On the Review tab, click
Add comment.
- Right-click the text or selected content and click Add comment in the context menu.
- On the Insert tab, click
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Enter the desired text in the comment box.
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If you want to cancel entering a comment, press
Esc. If you want to save the comment, do one of the following:- In the comment box, click Save.

•Click anywhere in the document.
•Press Ctrl+Enter.
tip
Empty comments are automatically deleted.
Long comments are displayed in the Review pane in abbreviated form. To view the full text of a comment, select it with a left-click.