MicrosoftWhile I want to adhere to "Be [ing] positive, kind, and courteous . . . Feel[ing] free to provide feedback, but keep it constructive," I will do my best with my feedback. Working as a lone technical editor on long manuscripts and having to comment several times each page to update the author regarding APA format and such, this new feature is VERY cumbersome. I cannot believe I have to "Ctrl enter" every time I want to complete a comment; I have to engage "edit" to make a change after I have entered a comment; That there are no leaders for the authors to direct them to the location of the issue for which there is a comment; AND that spell check no longer works within the comments. This is a travesty, truly. I do wonder if the end users are ever consulted when updating software. Like, "so, if you had to depress "Ctrl + enter" after typing each comment, how would you like it?" Or "Is it helpful for you to have your comments checked for spelling as well as your document?" Or, "How would you like it if you could not tell where in the document the comment is directed?" Or "If you had to engage "edit" every time you edited a comment, would this save you time?" Sorry. I am so not happy about this. I have 210 pages to edit today, and to say the least, this is NOT going to save me time or save my client money. I'd say to remove it for now and get feedback from small business owners or sole proprietors or "power users."
