Forum Discussion
Can I remove Modern Comments and revert back?
Send feedback to Microsoft to let them know what you think about the so-called modern comments; for instructions, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-give-feedback-on-microsoft-office-2b102d44-b43f-4dd2-9ff4-23cf144cfb11.
Microsoft's rationale about "posting" is mentioned in the support article at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/using-modern-comments-in-word-edc6ae71-0a2d-49fe-8faa-986f1e48136a (which you may have seen already).
Finally, you should see an option to temporarily revert to the previous, more user-friendly interface at File > Options > General. Clear the check box next to "Enable modern comments."
I don't want to "start a conversation;" I just want to do my darn work. This now requires more steps than before and if I'm not careful it puts an extra space in the main body of my text. If I forget to post it properly, it swings back to that comment when I try to enter a new one. My document is pushing 900 pages and that boomeranging is an absolute nightmare.
Since this update there have been multiple problems with Word. The last thing I had to have repaired was the "Read Aloud" function which went buggy. I lost a day of paid work while their tech reinstalled Office 365 and it's still not right.
I would appreciate the choice of going back to the previous version where things mostly worked... and when they didn't at least I knew how to get around it.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE try to recognize that not everybody uses Word like an App, or thinks Cloud-based docs are awesome. Some people are working on *actual* books. With footnotes. And endnotes. And indexes. And tables of contents. I can hear you muttering "okay, boomer" under your breath, but all this "modernizing" is screwing us up.
"Start a conversation" is certainly misleading. It only means that, in addition to typing comment text, you can use @mentions to notify other people in the same organization.
Regarding the overall design of comments, be sure to post feedback to Microsoft; for instructions, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-give-feedback-on-microsoft-office-2b102d44-b43f-4dd2-9ff4-23cf144cfb11.