Insert, delete, or change a comment

Use comments in your document to make suggestions to other people or to track issues for follow-up.

Insert a comment

A comment in the margin is highlighted

  1. Select the text you want to comment on, or click at the end of the text.
  2. On the Review tab, click New Comment.
  3. Type your comment. Word shows your comment in a balloon in the document's margin.

Reply to a comment

Reply to Comment <a href=icon is highlighted" />

  1. In the comment, click the Reply button.

Comment with a response

Or click the comment and on the Review tab, click New Comment. Type your reply.

Delete a comment

On the Review tab, in the Comments section, Next Comment is hightlighted

  1. On the Review tab, in the Comments section, click Next to select a comment.

On the Review tab, Delete Comment is highlighted

On the Review tab, click Delete.

On the Review tab, Delete All Comments in Document is highlighted

To delete all comments at once, click the arrow by Delete, and then click Delete All Comments in Document.