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cameron_coombe
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Dec 16, 2024

Word hiding comments on text with tracked changes

This is an extremely frustrating bug that I've been experiencing for maybe six months or more in Microsoft 365. If I add a comment to text that I've changed via track changes (e.g. I've bolded it), the comment will be irretrievably hidden, though the commented-on text will still he highlighted, suggesting there is a comment there; it just can't be seen.

This doesn't happen with all changes, though font changes seem to be the biggest culprit. It's annoying when I forget it's there, take a couple minutes writing a comment explaining changes for a client, only to see it disappear and not be able to even retrieve the text I wrote. I hope there's a fix coming for this soon?

  • t_skz's avatar
    t_skz
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    I'm having the same problem in Word 2019. The comments are still visible and editable if you open the Reviewing Pane, but boy, it's sure obnoxious and inefficient. I reported it, too. Hopefully they fix it.

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