Introducing Modern Comments in Microsoft Word

Brass Contributor

Jul 10, 2021

I understand your concern about the new file creation. That can be a real problem. I've done a bit more experimenting and have managed to get it to switch to the old comments style without opening it in a new document. Now when you run the macro (or click the button tied to the macro), the old comments come back on while staying in the original document. Give it a try and see if this works for you. Here's the new macro...

Sub NewDocumentWithOldComments()
'
' This macro re-enables the old comments view by comparing the open document to itself. 
' Since its comparing itself to itself, no changes will be made, the same document will stay open (no new document needing saving)
' and the old comments will reappear. 
'
   Application.MergeDocuments OriginalDocument:=ActiveDocument, _
        RevisedDocument:=ActiveDocument, Destination:= _
        wdCompareDestinationOriginal, Granularity:=wdGranularityWordLevel, _
        CompareFormatting:=True, CompareCaseChanges:=True, CompareWhitespace:= _
        True, CompareTables:=True, CompareHeaders:=True, CompareFootnotes:=True, _
        CompareTextboxes:=True, CompareFields:=True, CompareComments:=True, _
        CompareMoves:=True, OriginalAuthor:="Author", RevisedAuthor:="Author", _
        FormatFrom:=wdMergeFormatFromPrompt
        
End Sub

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Introducing Modern Comments in Microsoft Word