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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."
Stefan_BlomYour directions for how to temporarily revert to the old style comments does not apply to the Mac version. There are no Options listed under File in the latest version on the Mac.
For the Mac users: Preferences > General > Enable modern comments (un-check this box)
mwarner77 Thank you for assisting those of us on Apple products. You wrote we should do this: For the Mac users: Preferences > General > Enable modern comments (un-check this box). But where is Preferences hidden? I cannot locate that either.
- You'd go through Word: in Word, click on the Word tab in the upper left. The "Preferences" tab should be just below "About Microsoft Word." Go to General > Enable Modern Comments and uncheck the box from there. I'm using Word for Mac 16.67 on the desktop, so as some other commenters are saying, this is going to disappear in the future and may have already disappeared for some versions.
Go to the main Word tab in a document, and you'll find Preferences as the second option under "About Microsoft Word"
