Formatting comments

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Like a common text, any comments can be formatted: Excel represents many allows you to customize most aspects of its appearance, including color, border, and margins.
Examples of comments in Excel 2016

To format a comment, do the following:

   1.   Right-click the cell with comment and choose Edit Comment in the popup menu:

Edit Comment in popup menu Excel 2016

   2.   Select the text in the comment.

   3.   On the Home tab, use the commands in the Font and the Alignment groups to make changes to the comment's appearance:

Text editing groups in Excel 2016

   4.   For even more formatting options, right-click the comment's border and choose Format Comment... from the shortcut menu:

Comment popup in Excel 2016

   5.   In the Format Comment dialog box, change the comment appearance, including color, border, and margins:

Format Comment in Excel 2016

To display an image inside a comment, follow next steps:

   1.   Right-click the cell and choose Edit Comment in the popup menu.

   2.   Right-click the comment's border and choose Format Comment....

   3.   In the Format Comment dialog box, on the Colors and Lines tab, click the Color drop-down list and select Fill Effects:

Comment color in Excel 2016

   4.   In the Fill Effects dialog box, click the Picture tab and then click the Select Picture button to specify a graphics file:

Fill Effects in Excel 2016

See also Changing a comment shape.

See also this tip in French: Comment créer des commentaires avec un formatage différent.

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