Numbers for Referencing Review Comments in Word
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00:00 Numbers For Referencing Review Comments In Word
00:39 Accepted Answer Score 9
00:57 Answer 2 Score 5
01:41 Answer 3 Score 0
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 9
Not in the edditing view as you are used to in Word 2010. Comment numbering only shows up if you go to the outline or draft viewing mode.
Go to the view menu and select outline or draft in the views section
ANSWER 2
Score 5
- In the upper-right corner of the Word application, find the Quick Access toolbar.
- At the right-end of the toolbar click the down arrow and select More Commands... from the menu.
- In the dialog box in the Choose commands from drop-down select All Commands.
- Select Print Preview Edit Mode in the list and click Add >> to add it to the Quick Access toolbar.
After that, I clicked on Print Preview Edit Mode and I was able to see comment numbers. Make sure that you deselect the magnifier that will appear so that you can edit the document.
One more thing, the document where I performed this was sent to me by somebody using Word 2010. I do not know if the numbering will appear for comments added with Word 2013.
ANSWER 3
Score 0
Not optimal but you can hover the mouse over the number to read the comment.
Would be nice to have the 2010 feature back
ANSWER 4
Score 0
For the use case where a colleague refers to comments by number, the following workaround may help.
- Navigate to the "Go To" tab of the "Find and Replace" dialog (default shortcut
Ctrl+G). - Under "Go to what", select "Comment".
- In the drop-down box labelled "Enter reviewer's name", type in the number of the comment (ignore the fact the Word is actually asking for a reviewer name) and press Enter. Word will navigate to the comment number you have specified.
Unfortunately, this cannot help you identify the number of a given comment, but it works the other way around.
Depending on the number of comments in your document, you could guess a number, see where Word takes you and then type +1 or -1 into the drop-down box. Pressing Enter repeatedly would then take you through the comments one by one and you can count in your head until you reach the one you are looking for.
I admit this is tedious, but it may be a good workaround for small documents and is always effective at finding a comment if you know the number.