Working with comments

Ideas and comments can be left as comments to spreadsheet cells. When you copy a cell with a comment, its text is also copied. Creating comments is supported only for XLSX and XLS formats.

Cells with comments are marked with a red triangle in the upper right corner.

Features and limitations

–Only text can be entered in a comment, formatting and attachments are not supported.

–Comments are not displayed when printing a spreadsheet.

–Comments are not supported within summary tables.

–Empty comments are automatically deleted.

Add a comment

1.Select a cell.

2.Create a comment in one of the following ways:

•On the Insert tab, click the Comment button.

•Right-click the cell and select Add comment from the context menu.

•Press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+M (Cmd+M).

3.In the field that appears, type the text.

4.To save, click the Save button or click anywhere in the spreadsheet.

Reply to a comment

1.Select the cell with the comment.

2.In the field below the comment, type the text.

3.To save, click the Save button or click anywhere in the spreadsheet.

Edit a comment

1.Select the cell with the comment.

2.To begin editing, perform one of the actions:

•Click the cell, hover over the comment, and click Edit.

•Right-click the cell and select Edit comment from the context menu.

3.Make changes to the text.

4.To save your changes, click Save or click anywhere in the spreadsheet. To exit without saving, click Cancel or press the Esc key.

Copy comment text

1.Double-click the comment field with the left mouse button.

2.Select the required text fragment.

3.Press the Ctrl+C (Cmd+C) key combination.

Delete a comment

1.Select the cell with the comment.

2.Perform one of the actions:

•Move the cursor over the comment and click Delete.

•Right-click the cell and select Delete comment from the context menu.

Mention users

You can mention another corporate user in comments to send them a notification.

1.When creating or editing a comment, enter the @ symbol.

2.Start typing the user's name or email address.

3.Select the desired user from the list that appears.

4.Save the comment.

The mentioned user will be notified by email (if you have set up email integration) and in "MySquadus" private messages (if integration is available). The ability to view the file depends on the access rights settings.