Insert Comment option is missing from right-click menu

Anonymous
2019-03-09T21:28:27+00:00

I am using Excel 2016 on Windows 10. Today, the "Insert comment" option disappeared from the right-click pop-up context menu. When I right-click on a cell with no comment, there is no option to add one. If I right-click on a cell with a comment, I can edit or delete the comment. On the Insert tab of the ribbon, the Comments section is grayed out. This problem is affecting all spreadsheets that I have tried.

I googled the problem and tried every solution offered but none of them worked. How can I add comments to cells again?

Thank you

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-09-26T13:21:57+00:00

    Where is the insert comment in the right-click context menu?  I've used that daily for decades for work.  I don't want to hit Shift-F2...Please bring it back!!

    Granted it's a little bit inconvenient and a little bit rubbish, but it's hardly the end of the world to have to click two keys!  Some people don't have computers or jobs so perhaps learn to put up with it!

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-09-26T12:43:50+00:00

    Where is the insert comment in the right-click context menu?  I've used that daily for decades for work.  I don't want to hit Shift-F2...Please bring it back!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-08-30T04:40:32+00:00

    I am using Excel 2016 on Windows 10. Today, the "Insert comment" option disappeared from the right-click pop-up context menu. When I right-click on a cell with no comment, there is no option to add one. If I right-click on a cell with a comment, I can edit or delete the comment.  This problem is affecting all spreadsheets that I have tried.

    I googled the problem and tried every solution offered but none of them worked except using Shift + F2.   As I only need to use this function from August to February, I had not noticed this problem.  I assume it is a result of the latest upgrade.  I need to use this function very often and it is now very frustrating. 

    . How can I add comments to cells again?  

    Thank you

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-08-21T20:11:58+00:00

    Me too. I have Excel 2016 and Comments on the right click menu has worked for years. Now I did a Windows update and the option has vanished. Please restore this option ASAP.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-08-19T03:37:27+00:00

    I cannot see any option to insert a comment when I right click on a cell .. the option isn't even greyed out

    This is frustrating - I have been inserting comments in my spreadsheets for years and it is such a useful tool.

    Is it connected with the recent Windows 10 upgrade?

    Please can the powers that be at Microsoft sort this out! Thank you

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