Re: Comments on screen appear all highlighted, rather than just bracke

From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/14/05 

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:24:13 -0600

Wouldn't the display depend on the version of Word you're using rather than
the one used to create it? Certainly this applies to Track Changes. 

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"Cindy M -WordMVP-" <C.Meister-C@hispeed.ch> wrote in message
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> Hi =?Utf-8?B?RWR3aW4=?=,
>
> > I have done something in Word 2003 (purposefully, some time ago, but now
I
> > can't reproduce it) so that, instead of comments being just bracketed
(which
> > I find difficult to see) they are entirely shaded (as they used to be in
> > previous versions of Word).
> > Can anyone figure out what I did and let me know? I received a document
from
> > someone else and want to know how to "turn on shading" of comments so I
can
> > see them more easily.
> >
> Word 2002 is the one version that did NOT apply highlighting to comments.
If
> the document you received was created in that version, then you won't see
> highlighting. No promises, but perhaps running this macro will help:
>
> Sub HighlightAllComments()
>     Dim cmt As Word.Comment
>
>     For Each cmt In ActiveDocument.Comments
>         cmt.Scope.HighlightColorIndex = wdTurquoise
>     Next
> End Sub
>
> Cindy Meister
> INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
> http://www.word.mvps.org
>
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