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ALV1179
Copper Contributor
Jun 24, 2022

comments on word for Mac

I'd like to see comments in a word document shown in balloons on the documents page. However, they are shown in a side bar, outside the document. does anyone know how to have them showing in balloons...
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Stefan_Blom
MVP
Jul 28, 2022

mtvet 

 

I have now checked with fellow MVP and Mac user Diane Poremsky who has clarified that some perpetual licenses will have the modern comments, while the option to enable and disable the modern comments is not present. Word as part of Office Home & Business falls into that category. 

 

Send feedback from within Word (see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-give-feedback-on-microsoft-office-2b102d44-b43f-4dd2-9ff4-23cf144cfb11#platform=macOS).

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mtvet
Copper Contributor
Jul 28, 2022
Problem is, Stefan, that it appears as if giving feedback in that way causes the feedback to fall into a black hole. MS just doesn't seem to care about users' actual experiences with their products, because this has been a very vocally discussed issue for about a year (if not more) now, and still no progress in resuming the ability to turn off the useless and often harmful 'feature'.
One wonders why it is 'some' perpetual licenses and not either all or none.
So, Diane basically confirmed what I've been saying the whole time, that this supposed feature is there, there's no way to disable it and go back to the way things were, I wonder why it was so hard to convince you of that, when I was just telling you my personal experience with the product.

Any way you MVPs can make some noise that MS might actually listen to??
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    mtvet
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 30, 2022
    So much for MS caring about the user experience. It’s not that they need to change or remove anything…just allow people to opt in or out of them. Why they made that temporary is beyond me.
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    Stefan_Blom
    MVP
    Jul 30, 2022

    mtvet 

     

    Several MVPs, including myself, have already complained to Microsoft about the "modern comments." Some contributors have pointed out that the new comments interface isn't working with screen readers, so there may be an accessibility issue here as well. 

     

    Unfortunately, so far, there has been no indication that the modern comments will be changed or removed.