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Insert Comment option is missing from right-click menu
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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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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2020-01-16T15:15:49+00:00 I experienced the same today. Windows 7, Excel 2016. Any solutions?
Yes, lots of them if you scroll through the topic. Mine seems to be okay now (Windows 10, Office 365 Professional) but the guaranteed way to get rid of the problem is to stop using Microsoft software.
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Anonymous
2020-01-16T15:03:17+00:00 I experienced the same today. Windows 7, Excel 2016. Any solutions?
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Anonymous
2019-12-16T19:24:26+00:00 Yes. Welcome to our world.
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Anonymous
2019-12-16T18:26:12+00:00 Hey MS Team,
I just experienced the same problem today, and from reading the months and months of comments on this forum, this is a reoccurring problem with Excel. The F2 option does not work for me; I can edit existing comments but add none, EXCEPT by doing a Search for the term "comment", then I get an option to add a comment box to a cell. So now I wait a few weeks or months and this function just reappears????