Excel 2010
Reviewing and Sharing Workbooks
Adding and deleting comments
Sometimes you may want to add a comment to a worksheet to provide feedback for the author instead of changing the contents. Comments are highlighted by a unique indicator and can be read by the original author or by any other reviewers.
To add a comment:
- Select the cell where you want the comment to appear.
Selecting a cell
- From the Review tab, click the New Comment command.
New Comment command
- Type your comment.
Typing a comment
- The red indicator in the upper-right corner shows that there is a comment in that cell.
Comment indicator
- Hover your mouse over the cell to view the comment.
Viewing a comment
To edit a comment:
- Select the cell containing the comment you wish to edit.
- From the Review tab, click the Edit Comment command (where the New Comment command used to be).
Edit Comment command
- Edit your comment.
Editing a comment
To delete a comment:
- Select the cell containing the comment you wish to delete.
- From the Review tab, click the Delete command.
Delete command
- The comment will be deleted.