- #Excel 2016 review new comment greyed out how to#
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on a different sheet in the workbook and now I cannot insert or edit comments. I must have mis-typed something because suddenly I found myself. Text isn't an object that can be captioned. I am using Excel 2007 and have been inserting comments in cells in my.
#Excel 2016 review new comment greyed out pdf#
you need to repeat the step 4 6 to add comments to all text boxes as you need. Hi Colliecyn, I assume that the PDF on which you are trying to comment is a secured pdf and commenting is restricted.You may check the document's security, Right click on the file>Document properties> Security> Commenting'allowed or not 'If that's not the problem, then check with another document. Now you can add comment to the texts within comment. Regarding you comment about Insert - Caption, you have to select an object that can receive a caption before you can select that option. In the Format Text Box dialog box, go to the Text Box tab, click the Convert to Frame button, and then click OK in the popping up Microsoft Word window. If you're actually trying to insert comments in recorded changes, you have to click somewhere in the change before you can select the Edit - Changes - Comment option. Double-click the "on changes" entry to find the command for inserting comments in recorded changes. Double-click the "inserting." entry to find the command for inserting comments in text. You should see "inserting.", "on changes" and "printing." under "comments". Select the Index tab, then type "comment" in the Search term box. Open Help, then select OpenOffice Writer at the top. The section in Help about adding comments to text says that the command is Insert - Comment. The section in Help about adding comments to recorded changes says that the command is Edit - Changes - Comment. The built-in help facility said it was Edit - Changes - Comment. The nearest is Insert - Caption, which is grayed out. And all the documents I’ve worked on where I had this message were NOT protected for comments or anything else.Sarariman wrote:There is no option for Insert - Comment.
#Excel 2016 review new comment greyed out how to#
If anyone knows why this happens, and importantly, how to turn this background repagination off (yes, all the usual settings are turned off), then please feel free to add your solution to the Comments for this post.īTW, the ONLY information that the Microsoft Support website has on this message is cryptic, to say the least. After a few seconds, the message disappears and you can make the changes or finish typing your comment. Wait! That’s all you have to do - wait for Word to finish doing whatever it’s doing. There was no comment as to how to de-activate it. Whilst trying to find a solution I came across a users comment that this may have been caused by double clicking on a cell which 'activated' it. On the Insert menu the option is greyed out. Well, I can’t answer the ‘Why is it locked?’ question, but I suspect it has something to do with Word repaginating the document to allow for the comment balloon (as if Final Showing Markup mode was on). When I right click on any cell the 'insert comment' option doesn't appear. Archived Forums > The option for commenting was there in the Review tab but greyed out. Excel Details: Excel 2016 - Comments greyed out even in new sheet.
#Excel 2016 review new comment greyed out full#
If you look carefully, you might see a message in the status bar telling you ‘This modification is not allowed because the document is locked.’ Of course, you wonder why it’s locked - after all, you have full permission on this document. Excel 2016 - Comments greyed out even in new sheet. Or, you’ve already added a comment without any problem, then realized you’ve made a typo, so you go back to fix it and now anything you type isn’t displayed. You start typing your comment, then realize that it’s not showing or only part of it has gone in.
The Comments pane displays in the lower section of the document (this is in Word 2003 I’m not sure if it works the same in Word 2007). You want to add a comment to the author so you click the Comment icon. Track Changes is turned on but you’re working in the Final mode of the document (in other words, you can’t see the balloons etc.
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