If you have created a workbook in Microsoft Excel, you may be wondering how to add a comment to a cell. There are two ways to do it. You can manually add a comment on a cell, or you can use the Fill Effects dialogue box. If you use the Fill Effects dialogue box, you can select a picture to be displayed when you hover over the cell.
Description
To add a comment on an excel sheet, you first need to select the cell you wish to add a comment to. You can do this by using the Shift + F2 keyboard shortcut. After this, you can right-click the cell and select the Insert Comment option. A small triangle will appear at the top-right corner of the cell. The default name of the comment is the user’s name, but you can change it to any text you desire.
Next, you can choose how to format your comment. You can select a color and font. To make the color of your comment transparent, click the Color Dropdown menu. You can also choose to apply fill effects to your comment. Alternatively, you can use the Fill Effects dialogue box to add a picture to the comment.
Besides formatting the text, you can also choose how the comment is displayed on your spreadsheet. In most cases, you can choose to have it shown on the entire sheet or just one worksheet. In either case, you can use the Show All Comments option to permanently display the comment on one worksheet or several worksheets. You can also choose to resize the comment box or move it to another cell. These options are helpful in the case when you find that your comment box is blocking another cell or occupying an entire row.
You can also choose to have the comment appear only when the mouse pointer is over a cell. The comment box will be highlighted in red when the mouse is hovered over a cell. Clicking on a cell that has a comment will open up the comment box for editing. Once your comment is added, a small red triangle will appear at the right corner of the cell. This makes it easy to find a cell that has a comment in it.
Key features
There are several advantages of commenting on Excel, including a built-in threaded comments system. Those who work in teams will appreciate this feature, which allows them to capture the name, date, and time of each comment. Legacy style comments can also be converted into threaded comments by right-clicking on them and replying. However, you’ll lose formatting, images, and objects.
Fortunately, Microsoft has improved the commenting options in Excel. While the old style of comments is still available, the new style is called Notes and lives in a compressed section in the Review tab. You can also use the SHIFT F2 keyboard shortcut to add a new note.
Apart from being an excellent way to explain formulas, comments in Excel can also serve as reminders and explanations for others. They can also be used to cross-reference with other Excel workbooks. Adding a comment is very easy. First, you select the cell where you want to add a comment. Then, you click the “New Comment” icon on the right-hand side of the comment box.
Next, you can print the comment. To do this, click the Print icon and choose the option of At the End of Sheet or As Displayed on Sheet. You can also add a comment to the worksheet by selecting it in the Comment area of the sheet. To change the size of the comment, you can click the left mouse button.
How to add
If you need to add a comment to a worksheet in Excel, there are a few simple steps you can follow. First, you need to right-click on the cell. In this step, you will see the comment option. You can choose to type a comment or delete it altogether.
After you select a cell, click on the right-click menu, and then click on “Paste Special”. Once you choose a cell, you will see the options to add a comment or delete an existing comment. You can use these options to quickly add a comment to multiple cells.
If you don’t want to use text, you can add pictures to Excel. These pictures can be pictures of products, company logos, diagrams, schemes, or fragments of maps. This will take a little time, but will make your comments more visible. You can also make an existing comment visible by clicking on its edge.
If you don’t want other people to see your comments, you can hide them from view by checking the Display section of the Options dialog box. Once you click on this option, you’ll see a purple indicator in the cell. If you’d prefer not to see comments, you can choose to hide the red triangles.
Inserting comments in a worksheet cell can be very helpful for people who are working on the spreadsheet. This way, you can give others a little bit of additional information about a cell without interfering with the data. You can also insert a Reply box if you want other readers to reply to the comment. This kind of back-and-forth exchange of comments is known as a Reply Thread.
