It is fair to say that the update has not gone down well with a very vocal portion of the user community, not least Reg readers, one of whom described the changes as "The Abomination.". Home tab in the ribbon 2. Modern comments are a lot like the comments in Google Docs. I know this is an old post, but I found it, so in case others are seeking: to edit a comment in Mac OS, you can assign a shortcut to the command AnnotationEdit (And why is it not CommentEdit?!?! Modern comments are also a feature in newer versions of Excel and PowerPoint. ), Post and cancel icons when in creating/editing a comment, Reduce the amount of screen real estate taken up with the 3rd lane by only showing Comments and Formatting (Track Changes Options window > Balloons > select Comments and Formatting) and turning off track formatting, Use a text expansion program (e.g. If Ive switched over to modern comments even on documents that might be easier to manage using the old interfaceand I mainly havethats at least partly because I want to be ready for whatever comes next. Figure 2. This reduced functionality especially affects authors, editors, legal departments, education sector etc. Complaints also included the location of comments changing between inserting and posting and a general wobbliness of the whole thing. Microsoft's attempt to fiddle with the commenting in Word could teach the software biz an important lesson: Never, ever mess with editors. Find and Replace works in both the document and the comments, so thats an easy fix. NO idea how it got back, but good to have. Thank you for your patience.We're rolling out a new comments experience in Word with imp Joo Ferreira Search for: 12 Notifications Microsoft has introduced a temporary option in Word that lets you turn off Modern Comments and revert to Classic Comments. Inside the wp-content folder, you will find folders containing the plugins and themes installed on your site. At least on the updates rolled out to me as of 11/10/21, there's now an option to "temporarily" revert back. 09:26 AM. (When Words classic comments have been set to display in the margins, theres no option not to show formatting there also.) When you resolve comments, theyll be moved out of your way to the Comments pane, where you can always find them later. But thats about it. You're forced to finish one first, to the standard you're happy for others to see, defeating the purpose of not having to post until it's finished. That makes just about any workaround possible. Word alerts us to this step by including a tip in every new comment: Press Ctrl+Enter to post (Cmd-Enter works on a Mac). I drafted this post in Word 365 on a desktop PC running Windows 11. From Tuesday 5 October 2021, a new look is be available to Microsoft 365 and Office 2021. Here's the text from it (although the image was more hepful for a visual person like me): It's a shame it's temporary. And with its focus on comments alone, Words Comments pane is more user friendly than the Revisions pane. And has COMMENTS appearing as they should. If Microsoft gets feedback from sufficiently many users, they mayoffer an option to go back to the older comments design. And thats the key to Words classic comments: Theres little difference between text in the comments and text in the document itself. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The modern commenting experience is now available through a dedicated Comments pane for Windows Insiders running the Beta Channel Version 2006 (Build 13006.20002) or later. [I take that term from the incredible comment from MS some years back after a disastrous OS release that you could always 'upgrade back to the previous OS'!! Just encountered modern comments "feature" and haaaaaaaaaate it! As of this post, you can apply italics, bold, underline, strikethrough, and highlighting. ", Another critic wailed: "I am truly at a loss for words as to why this seemed like a good idea to your development team.". I have a number of problems with the useability of these comments, based on the way I have used them in the past (for context, I am an educator and primarily use them when marking student assignments). 2. Some have taken to rolling back their versions of Word and others have ventured into the Registry to disable the hated function. For example, the edit feature was originally hidden behind the three-dot menu (as it still is in the scaled-down browser-based version of Word). Oct 26 2022 Modern Comments significantly impairs the utility of a Word feature that I've been using for years. On Mac, open the "Library" folder "Group Containers" "UBF8T346G9.Office" "User Content" "Templates". Users will be able to respond to comments directly from an email notification. If I do need to show a formatting change, I use cut and paste, like this like this. Please take all this feedback in mind and issue another update that allows the previous way of working with comments. Further, MS reps on various forums have indicated that the checkbox for turning off this crap feature in other versions of Word is temporary only. The main issue is that autotext is no longer supported in a comment. Sep 26 2021 Best practices and the latest news on Microsoft FastTrack, The employee experience platform to help people thrive at work, Expand your Azure partner-to-partner network, Bringing IT Pros together through In-Person & Virtual events. Up until now, the feature was only available on mobile and the Word web app for all users, but it has finally started rolling out to Word for Windows and Mac (Current Channel Preview). My computer screen isn't large enough to cope with the extra width. There have been a number of times I've posted a comment then tried to ctrl+F something in the document, but it won't respond to my ctrl+F. You clearly take the copyeditors oath very seriously (first, do no harm). 11:08 AM. - edited I just did too. There have been a number of times I've posted a comment then tried to ctrl+F something in the document, but it won't respond to my ctrl+F. Help the next person who has this issue by indicating if this reply solved your problem. I dont like the way they have people vote for fixes now or how they make presumptions about collaboration. Sharing best practices for building any app with .NET. Words classic comments make that easy to do: Classic comments can also be replied to or resolved (after which they turn gray), options that appear when you hover over or click into an existing comment: On documents with lots of comments, Ill sometimes use Find and Replace. Who was asking for that? Method 2: Modify "Comment Text" Style At first, click "Home" tab. Sep 26 2021 If you still haven't found the file, try manually searching for AutoRecover files. Everything in Word else *seems* be working OK just curious. Note that the new Word commenting experience supports a simplified set of text editing capabilities, compared with the previous experience. No one. To get the old comment features back: Select File > Options > General > turn OFFthe Enable modern commentscheck box. Select the Info tab in the Backstage view. I was despairing at "Modern Comments" and that the world's largest software developer could make such a monumental boo-boo in bringing in this abysmal feature.Steve. It was nice. Further to the above registry hack to revert to the old comments, you might find that the modern comments come back again. Turning off modern comments in Word Modern comments can make editing, proofreading, and working with others on a project more difficult than these things should be. There are already two petitions (I've signed both) on change.org, believe it or not. It all seems reasonable enough, but for those who live and breathe document comments it is clearly a step too far as a glimpse of the more than 150, er, comments on Microsoft's post makes clear. My Word (on Microsoft 365) has updated to Modern Comments. There are more steps to use them than before. Click or tap at the beginning of the document. And you can mention someone in a Google Docs comment using the @ symbol, which triggers an email to that person and lets you assign the comment as a task. If I open a comment using a keyboard shortcut (on a Windows computer) and start typing, the first one or two letters often gets inserted into the main text They don't use the same autocorrect tools as the main text. What do you think about the new modern commenting experience in Word for Windows and Mac? https://twitter.com/aileverte/status/1442136158964748296. Open the plugins or themes folder, depending on which software you are planning to replace. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. But as Word will tell you, youll need to open the Revisions pane (a.k.a. Awful time-wasting feature! 09:05 AM If I fail to click the check mark (or press Ctrl+Enter) after Ive made my edits, I will enter a sort of limbo. Options button in the Styles task pane 4. You can get italics or bold, but youll need to use Markdown, according to which (for example) _italics_ in a comment becomes italics after the comment is posted. Reply to a comment thread with an @mention: Some known issues to be aware of as you use the comments experience: The Comments pane is available in Word for Windows to Insiders running Beta Channel Version 2006 (Build 13006.20002) or later. :(. Microsoft has announced that it is bringing the new modern commenting experience in Microsoft Word to more platforms. Unfortunately, we must expect that the option will disappear some day. - edited I had the lines connecting comments to the texts recently disappear and it is extremely frustrating. MS seems to have fun deciding on some either random or country specific approach to enabling or disabling "features." Thanks for sharing! Modern comments can make editing, proofreading, and working with others on a project more difficult than these things should be. But perhaps the temporary fix will make my end of semester grading and commenting on theses and dissertations less work! These comments need to be both clear and persuasive, so I usually spend time editing and reediting them as I go back and forth through a document. I don't share my documents, so being able to edit comments and post when they're finalised is not particularly useful for me, as no one else is looking at them until I send the document. I also tend to toggle tracking on and off. How do I give feedback on Microsoft Office? He also contributed to the revisions of the last two editions of Kate L. Turabians A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Things move fast and i am old.. new modern commenting experience in Microsoft Word, Inspirational Ukrainian Antonov An-225 Mriya comes to Microsoft Flight Simulator, Microsoft Defender could be installed in your Windows PC automatically soon, Windows 11s next Moments Update includes AI, iOS support, screen recording, and more, Lenovo announces new ThinkPad E-Series with 40GB of memory, L-Series with new AMD chips, and a modular AIO at MWC. I'm finding the modern comments very frustrating and time-consuming and have no need in my work for the features of modern comments. Not an Insider? Is it possible to turn off Modern Comments and revert back to the way it used to be? I made sure to "run as admin" when editing the registry. Don't worry, it's not a major change. Click on File. and there's no option to revert to 'classic comments'. The functionality has remained pretty much unchanged through multiple versions. There are more steps to use them than before. Re: Can I remove Modern Comments and revert back? PhraseExpress [PE], TextExpander) instead of AutoCorrect (AC) for your editing comments (NOTE: Beware: If you use the same code in AC and in PE, the code from PE will work in the comments, but in the main document, youll get a double-up of the expanded text. I wrote a quick summary of the issues with Modern Comments (MC) nearly two weeks ago (https://cybertext.wordpress.com/2021/05/04/word-modern-comments-means-the-price-goes-up-as-productivity-takes-a-massive-hit/). other information you should include in your feedback. I have a number of problems with the useability of these comments, based on the way I have used them in the past (for context, I am an educator and primarily use them when marking student assignments). To turn off modern comments on Windows and MacOS, go to. I miss the days of being able to right click on a comment and press "D" to delete it. Sharing best practices for building any app with .NET. It looks like there were a number of keys that were deleted when removing those two entries (screenshots below). It has added an extra space to the side of the document, which wouldn't be an issue except that making any formatting changes under tracked change, which I often also do when marking assignments, goes into the ORIGINAL pane where comments use to be, widening the document even further (extra space for formatting, then another extra space for comments). In Docs, the text in comments cant be formatted in the usual way. For example, say I notice that each time I refer to an author named Smyth, Ive typed Smith by mistake. Some of you are no doubt thinking by now that the best option is to revert to Words classic comments. Once the comment is posted you can drag the comment bubble anywhere within the object you commented on to indicate specifically what you're referring to. Press J to jump to the feed. I just really need my lines back. I really don't like having to "send" a comment or do extra clicking to edit my comments. To switch between the default, focused view of comments to the right of the page and the Comments pane, simply click the Comments button in the upper right corner of your Word window. Impossible to bold, impossible to add numbering, extra clicks. Two capital letters at the start of a comment don't get corrected, and simple typos don't get corrected. Once you do that, your comment will look like this (but with a blinking cursor line at the end of the comment text): Note the message in gray text: Another comment is in progress. In this case, its my own comment thats in progress (or, specifically, an edit to my own comment). I wasn't aware that the "Enable modern comments" option had been removed from Word for Mac. * This update sounds like it should be a good one. And you cant use an equation editor to insert equations. For example, I couldnt use @mentions in the draft file that I saved in OneDrive while signed in to my personal Microsoft account. My computer screen isn't large enough to cope with the extra width. Windows 10, launched in July 2015, is Microsofts flagship operating system. @chiara369In addition to the many, many issues others have complained about, this new function no longer allows images and photos to be added, and has wiped out every single image saved in two vast memoirs I'm editing for clients, wiping out years of work. Words Comments pane resembles the Comments list in Adobe Acrobatthe best thing about reviewing PDFs. Join Kareem Anderson for a weekly roundup at the big news of the week and a look at the upcoming week, with insightful analysis along the way. How do I make the change stick? I am so relieved to see so many others frustrated with this Modern Comments as I feel exactly the same! Hi, Im Kallie Bracken, a Program Manager on the Word team. If that is the case, you need to delete the keys and then remove your Full Control from the key above by first disabling inheritance so Word cannot recreate it. This update sounds like it should be a good one. With the Office Insider newsletter, you can get the latest information about Insider features in your inbox once a month. ", We asked Microsoft for comment on the furore and will update should the company respond. Method 1: Select the three-dot menu in the comment and then select Delete thread from the drop-down menu. I recommend that you post feedback on the comment feature. My typing has evolved to use those features. For example, I have an AC and a PE code of .epa for Environmental Protection Authority. One problem is with that pesky requirement to "Post" a comment. Comments are slow to open. What might happen, as a result of user feedback, is that minor tweaks may be introduced, that is, the comment feature may be a little more customizable than it is today. If only MS would buy one of the several companies that has an iOS solution ready Man i remember when the first 1Gb Western Digital Hard drive was released . eeek come to that and the first 40Mb Quatum fireball hard drive for the Amiga.. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Modern comments is amateur coding. To hide comments, select the Show Markup menu and uncheck Comments. 3. I will avoid Modern Comments as long as I can. By saving it to OneDrive (Microsofts answer to iCloud and Google Drive and Dropbox and the like), I was able to share the file with myself via the Share button in the ribbon and observe simultaneous edits (and comments) on a second computer. For that, you have three options in your hands. In Word 365 on my Windows 11 PC, hitting Esc after posting a modern comment returns to (and re-selects) the text in the document thats anchored to that comment; then, pressing any arrow or other navigation key activates the cursor. Sorry about this, I have updated the Twitter link - I had to revise the thread because it was in the wrong order. I made a special point of registering for this forum only to find a solution to this Modern Comments mess that has made my academic workflow so difficult. Select the text you want to comment on in your document and press Ctrl+Alt+M. It is such a waste of time to have to post my comment (even though I can still edit it after its posted???) There have been a number of times I've posted a comment then tried to ctrl+F something in the document, but it won't respond to my ctrl+F. Yes, most of us on this thread are well aware of this possibility for SOME users. Why not allow multiple to be in draft? 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