Excel comments not displaying

Anonymous
2017-01-22T11:53:30+00:00

I have excel 2016, and the comments have been working fine.  Just recently it does not display comments when I mouse over them. The show/hide command in the review tab is greyed out.  I never had this problem before, and never had to see if the comment show/hide feature was active or not.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-26T21:05:19+00:00

    I have version 1809 (Build 10827.20181 Click-to-Run)

    Office says there are no updates available, so I'm assuming on the latest build.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-26T19:09:18+00:00

    Having same issue. I can see the comment line, but the comment box is gone/blank.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-10-05T03:03:15+00:00

    Hey Sam,

    Thanks so much for this but, on another thread I was told changing to Insider Fast was a better option than reverting to a previous version as there were risks etc etc.

    I am not an excel whizz so am not really confident enough to give this a go as this is a shared file with our directors.  Also, even if I revert to the prior version, unless all the directors in our company also do the same, they will still be unable to see the comments, is that right?

    Thanks

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-10-05T02:52:36+00:00

    To All Users who Need Comments in Excel -

    I've fought this problem for most of a year and found that installing a previous working version of Excel solves the problem and allows me to get on with my work.  I then monitor the new Excel releases and if a big change occurs I may install and try that.

    Try going  to the following Thread to see my instructions for installing the previous version - **Excel Comments don't show on Rollover in Excel for Mac 16.17 (180909)**or click here.

    I hope that Microsoft will start treating this problem with the professionalism that it deserves.  Regularly breaking essential functionality is a sign of a software team that is not well managed.

    Sam

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-10-01T02:48:11+00:00

    October 2018 - two years, still not fixed. Great work Microsoft.

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