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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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I too am unable to insert any comments today, I am able to see, edit and delete comments previously entered. Hopefully I will be able to insert comments once again as others have done
there is no such option on my right-click menu, not on the ribbon, nor in the ribbon settings (commands' list)
Yeah, I don't think the previous reply is actually correct. The notes thing is available in updates I believe but it wasn't a direct replacement. Only advise I can give is the Shift+F2 and hope it puts itself right one day.
there is no such option on my right-click menu, not on the ribbon, nor in the ribbon settings (commands' list)
After trying to figure this problem out for some time, I came to the realisation that Microsoft simply changed the word "comment" to "note". In other words, "comments" are now "notes". Right-click on a cell and select "New note". (They went from "Insert comment" to "New note".)
didn't work for me. I don't understand why they didn't give a quick solution? are they kidding?
If kidding is laughing all the way to the bank, yes. I think the only method I found that worked regularly for me was Shift + F2. Slightly annoying to have to do it every time but it worked. I don't know exactly when mine started working again but it was probably after an update.