Display or Show all of the Comments within an Entire Excel Workbook

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This macro in Excel will display all of the comments within the entire Excel workbook. This means that all of the comments in the workbook will be visible without you having to hover over the cell that contains the comment. This is a great macro to use to find out where all of the comments in a worksheet or workbook are located and also to quickly read the comments within an Excel workbook. This is especially helpful when you receive a workbook from an outside source and are not sure where all of the comments are located within the workbook.

This macro achieves the same result as if you had chosen to view or display all of the comments in the workbook from the regular Excel menu.

Where to install the macro:  Module

Excel Macro to Display or Show all of the Comments within an Entire Excel Workbook

Sub Display_all_Comments_in_Workbook()

Application.DisplayCommentIndicator = xlCommentAndIndicator

End Sub





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How to Install the Macro
  1. Select and copy the text from within the grey box above.

  2. Open the Microsoft Excel file in which you would like the Macro to function.

  3. Press "Alt + F11" - This will open the Visual Basic Editor - Works for all Excel Versions.  Or For other ways to get there, Click Here.

  4. On the new window that opens up, go to the left side where the vertical pane is located. Locate your Excel file; it will be called VBAProject (YOUR FILE'S NAME HERE) and click this.

  5. If the Macro goes in a Module, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.

  6. If the Macro goes in the Workbook or ThisWorkbook, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.

  7. If the Macro goes in the Worksheet Code, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.

  8. Close the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor window and save the Excel file. When you close the Visual Basic Editor window, the regular Excel window will not close.

  9. You are now ready to run the macro.

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