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Word allows you to add comments to your document, as a separate element of the document. Comments do not interfere with the main text and appear in their own area of the document. Comments are normally not printed when you print a document.
Here's how to add your own comments:
If you later want to view the comments, display the Review tab of the ribbon and use the Next and Previous tools, in the Comments group, to move from comment to comment.
To add a comment to your document without taking your hands off the keyboard, you can use the Ctrl+Alt+M key combination
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2018-06-13 14:07:53
Malcolm Patterson
This daily drip of information is an excellent way to improve user proficiency, but has been mouse-centric. It would be even more beneficial if, after describing the mouse actions you were to include keystroke alternatives. (In this case, Alt, R, C). Other key combinations are worth sharing (currently Ctrl+Alt+M but also the legacy combo Alt+I, M).
2018-06-13 10:51:10
Lisa
The keyboard shortcut for adding a comment is CTRL + ALT + M.
2016-06-13 13:10:09
Janice
But it's very difficult to insert a comment while in the "no markup" view. I.e., to insert a comment, I need first to switch to "all markup" view and then proceed with the "review," "insert comment". I prefer working in "no markup" view.
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