Adding Comments to a Presentation

When you review an Office document, you can insert comments to the author or other reviewers. Comments are like electronic adhesive notes tagged with your name . They typically appear in yellow boxes in PowerPoint. You can use comments to get feedback from others or to remind yourself of revisions you plan to make. A comment is visible only when you show comments and place the mouse pointer over the comment indicator. You can review comments in Normal view or by opening the Revisions pane.

Insert, Edit, and Delete a Comment

Click where you want to insert a comment.

Click the Insert menu, and then click Comment.

Type your comment in the comment box or pane.

Click outside the comment box.

To edit or delete a comment, right-click the comment, and then click Edit Comment or Delete Comment.

Did You Know?

You can insert a comment quickly . Click the Insert Comment button on the Reviewing toolbar to quickly add a comment. Right-click any toolbar, and then click Reviewing to display the toolbar.

Read a Comment

Click the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Reviewing to display the toolbar.

On the Reviewing toolbar, click the Show/Hide Markup button.

Point to the comment box.

Read the comment.

Click the Previous Item or Next Item button on the Reviewing toolbar to read another comment.

Open the Revisions Pane

Right-click any toolbar, and then click Revisions.

Click a comment in the Revisions task pane to read it.

Did You Know?

You can display the Reviewing toolbar to access comment commands . Reviewers might find it handy to display the Reviewing toolbar, which provides buttons for adding, viewing, deleting, and editing comments. Click the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Reviewing to display the Reviewing toolbar.

You can review all the comments in a presentation . Click the Previous and Next Item buttons on the Reviewing toolbar to read all of the comments in a presentation.