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Hovering Over Notes No Longer Working
You are right, it doesn't work on
Works with comments.
I sent a frown, that will be great if you do the same.
Mine worked through most of 2022, but sometime late 2022/early 2023, I was hit by this exact issue. I'm not on any Insider programs/builds and have confirmed the install is up-to-date as of the writing of this note. 😞
Hover-triggered display still works properly for the new threaded comments. The problem is still only with the used-to-be-called-comments-now-called-notes.
Workaround to display note: If the selected cell has a note, SHIFT-F2 opens it for editing. Press ESC 2x to close. (If the selected cell has no note, it creates one in edit mode.)
Feedback sent, fingers (figuratively) crossed!
Thank you for the workaround, while trying it I accidentally found another one (that might shed some light onto whats wrong to the developers, maybe?):
While hovering over the cell that has a note, pressing Shift twice (or a long press) is making the the note appear. If I then press Shift again while hovering on top of another cell, the note disappears. and it also disappears if I scroll up or down,
Hopefully this will get fixed soon, in the meantime, maybe other people will find this useful.
My Excel version is: Microsoft® Excel® for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2303 Build 16.0.16227.20202) 64-bit