Insert Comments in M S Excel

Brijesh Yadav11 March 20231 Mins read

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Adding Comment to Cell

Adding comment to cell helps in understanding the purpose of cell, what input it should have, etc. It helps in proper documentation.

To add comment to a cell, select the cell and perform any of the actions mentioned below.

Choose Review » Comments » New Comment.
Right-click the cell and choose Insert Comment from available options.
Press Shift+F2.

Initially, a comment consists of Computer’s user name. You have to modify it with text for the cell comment.

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Modifying Comment

You can modify the comment you have entered before as mentioned below.

Select the cell on which the comment appears.
Right-click the cell and choose the Edit Comment from the available options.
Modify the comment.

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Formatting Comment

Various formatting options are available for comments. For formatting a comment, Right click on cell » Edit comment » Select comment » Right click on it » Format comment. With formatting of comment you can change the color, font, size, etc of the comment.