Insert simple notes for annotation purposes
- Right-click the cell and then click Insert Comment (or press Shift+F2). If you’re using Excel for Office 365, right-click the cell and choose New Note.
- Type your annotation text.
- Click outside the cell.
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How do I insert a comment in Excel 2019?
To add a comment to a cell in Excel 2019, follow these steps: Move the cell pointer to or click the cell to which you want to add the comment. Click the New Comment command button on the Ribbon’s Review tab (Alt+RC) or the Comment button on the Insert tab (Alt+NC2) or press Shift+F2. A new text box appears.
How do you insert a comment in Excel 2010?
Follow these steps to add a comment to a cell in an Excel 2010 worksheet:
- Select the cell that needs a comment.
- On the Review tab, in the Comments group, click the New Comment button. A yellow comment box with your name and a blinking cursor appears.
- Type your comment.
- Click outside the comment box.
Why can’t I insert comment in Excel?
This is due to recent update which should get corrected in subsequent updates. Press Shift+F2 as a workaround to insert comments.
How do you add comments to multiple rows in Excel?
Adding a Comment to Multiple Cells
- Insert your comment in the first cell, as you normally would.
- Select the commented cell and press Ctrl+C.
- Select the range of cells that you want to have the same comment.
- Select Paste Special from the Edit menu.
- Click the Comments radio button.
- Click OK.
How do I make notes in Excel comments?
If you right-click a cell with a comment, the pop-up menu will include an option to Reply to Comment. If you right-click a cell with a note, you will be offered an Edit Note option. In the original release of threaded comments, editing a note would cause Excel to offer to convert all notes to the new threaded comments.
How do you reply to a comment in Excel?
To reply to a comment someone else has left for you, you can either click on the cell and enter a reply immediately into the Reply box or you can right-click the cell where the comment is located and use the Reply box from there.
How do you insert a comment in Excel 2016?
How to Add a Comment to a Cell in Excel 2016
- Move the cell pointer to or click the cell to which you want to add the comment.
- Click the New Comment command button on the Ribbon’s Review tab or press Alt+RC.
- Type the text of your comment in the text box that appears.
How do I show comments in Excel 2019?
To show all comments at once, you click Show Comments on the Review tab. Then a Comments pane will appear on the right with all comments and their replies. To show all notes at once, you click Notes > Show All Notes on the Review tab.
What is the shortcut to show comments in Excel?
Alt-R Brings Up The Review Tab
Task | Alt Sequence |
---|---|
Edit Comment | Alt-R-T |
Delete Comment | Alt-R-D |
Show/Hide Comment | Alt-R-H* |
Show All Comments | Alt-R-A |
Can I add a sticky note to excel?
To stick a note to any excel spreadsheet document, right-click on the note title and choose the “Stick To Window” option from the menu, as shown in the below picture.Select the excel spreadsheet document to which you wish to attach the sticky note. The note will stick to the particular excel spreadsheet document.
How do I view comments in Excel 2020?
To start, Right-click the Ribbon and choose Customize Quick Access Toolbar. In the dialog box, change the top-left drop-down menu to All Commands. Find the Change Shape icon in the left list and click the Add>> button to add it to the Quick Access Toolbar. Right-click the cell containing the note and choose Show Note.
Which shortcut key is used to insert a comment?
It’s Ctrl+Alt+M (that’s intuitive… Not!) If you go looking for it yourself in the keyboard shortcuts list, you’ll find it under InsertAnnotation in the list of Review tab commands.
How do you add a yellow comment box in Excel?
It’s easy and you can do it in less than a minute! Choose the cells that you want to attach a note to and choose Data Validation from the Data ribbon (shortcut: Alt > D > L). Select the tab “Input Message” and type whatever you want. Click OK, and your message will appear when you select the cell.