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 agree 100% with every critique by chiara369. I loathe modern comments. Hard to pick out a chief complaint among the myriad, but I'll go with their second comment - the comment bubbles are so clunky and slow to open that the first few letters I type always end up in the manuscript proper - and I often fail to notice. Who knows how many of these rogue letters are ending up in my copy.
Not being able to just hit "escape" to exit a comment bubble is another huge issue.
I've had some bugs with ctrl-Z and modern comments as well.
Overall this is costing me so much editing time - and money! Please at least give us the option to use traditional comments. Why has MS tried to fix what absolutely was not broken!