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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / October 2007how to change comment marker
Question: is there any way to change the size or color or intensity of the marks which indicate a comment has been attached at that point in the document? I'm using Word2004, and in Normal View (I hate balloons) all you can see is two very faint red parentheses at the comment point. If there's a hack to, say hilight the location (as in Word2000 for WIndows, at least), I'd sure like to use it. thanks Carl  SignatureTeam EM to the rescue! mailto:carl@Team-EM.com http://www.team-em.com Sorry, not that I know of. You can try experimenting with the colors in Preferences, maybe a different color will be more visible? I used to hate the balloons, but I hated the new reviewing pane more, and started switching to Page Layout for commenting (after running some macros to reset view, change the balloon font, etc). WinWord 2002 or 2003 switched from highlight to brackets, but I think WinWord 2007 switched back to the highlight, so maybe there's hope MacWord 2008 will too. > Question: is there any way to change the size or color or intensity of > the marks which indicate a comment has been attached at that point in [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Carl Yeah - I think MS got so many complaints about the obvious markup previously used that they went overboard in the "unobtrusive" direction - those skinny parens are almost invisible no matter what color they may be. Of course you could always zoom to 300% 8>} It's extra effort, but as a more realistic workaround don't forget about the Highlight tool (Formatting Toolbar & Formatting Palette). Unfortunately I couldn't get the two to cooperate as a part of a macro operation, but perhaps someone else has some ideas. HTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac On 10/26/07 3:51 PM, in article carl-C6D9B3.15510126102007@comcast.dca.giganews.com, "Carl Witthoft" <carl@witthoft.com> wrote: > Question: is there any way to change the size or color or intensity of > the marks which indicate a comment has been attached at that point in [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Carl > It's extra effort, but as a more realistic workaround don't forget about the > Highlight tool (Formatting Toolbar & Formatting Palette). Unfortunately I > couldn't get the two to cooperate as a part of a macro operation, but > perhaps someone else has some ideas. I use this fairly frequently. It's not very robust, but I rarely use highlighting for anything else... Public Sub ToggleHighlightComments() Dim cm As Comment For Each cm In ActiveDocument.Comments With cm.Scope If .Start = .End Then If .Start > 0 Then .Start = .Start - 1 .End = .End + 2 End If If .HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow Then .HighlightColorIndex = wdNoHighlight Else .HighlightColorIndex = wdYellow End If End With Next cm End Sub Thanks, JE. I'll try that out. Since I never ever EVER use highlighting, I don't have to worry about that confusion :-) . > > It's extra effort, but as a more realistic workaround don't forget about the > > Highlight tool (Formatting Toolbar & Formatting Palette). Unfortunately I [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Next cm > End Sub SignatureTeam EM to the rescue! mailto:carl@Team-EM.com http://www.team-em.com Carl, Another alternative is to include commenting narrative in the text using a distinctive style. It's just as quick, and results in less complexity in the document's electronic structure, hence less chance of corruption. If this is of interest, see page 127 of some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac, titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a free download from the Word MVPs' website (http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html). [Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide to read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's important to read the front end of the document -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select some Word settings that will allow you to use the document effectively.] Cheers, Clive Huggan ============ On 28/10/07 12:30 AM, in article C348C3C7.2C85A%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net, "CyberTaz" <onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net> wrote: > Yeah - I think MS got so many complaints about the obvious markup previously > used that they went overboard in the "unobtrusive" direction - those skinny [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >> Carl Clive, In fact that is what *I* do when I'm editing documents. I use (shame on me) c -style delimiters for my comments, and wrote a minimacro that finds these comment strings and bold-reds them. I far prefer that to embedded comments, but wish me luck educating the commoners in my company :-( > Carl, > [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > >> > >> Carl SignatureTeam EM to the rescue! mailto:carl@Team-EM.com http://www.team-em.com Ah! You deserve abundant good wishes, Carl! Clive ===== On 30/10/07 11:14 AM, in article carl-F3C909.20143329102007@comcast.dca.giganews.com, "Carl Witthoft" <carl@witthoft.com> wrote: > Clive, > In fact that is what *I* do when I'm editing documents. I use (shame [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] >>>> >>>> Carl |
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