Comments Collection Object

Multiple objects Comments Comment Range

A collection of Comment objects that represent the comments in a selection, range, or document.

Using the Comments Collection

Use the Comments property to return the Comments collection. The following example displays comments made by Don Funk in the active document.

ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneComments
ActiveDocument.Comments.ShowBy = "Don Funk"

Use the Add method to add a comment at the specified range. The following example adds a comment immediately after the selection.

Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
ActiveDocument.Comments.Add Range:=Selection.Range, _
    Text:="review this"

Use Comments(index), where index is the index number, to return a single Comment object. The index number represents the position of the comment in the specified selection, range, or document. The following example displays the author of the first comment in the active document.

MsgBox ActiveDocument.Comments(1).Author

The following example displays the initials of the author of the first comment in the selection.

If Selection.Comments.Count >= 1 Then MsgBox _
    Selection.Comments(1).Initial

Properties | Application Property | Count Property | Creator Property | Parent Property | ShowBy Property

Methods | Add Method | Item Method

Parent Objects | Document | Range | Selection

Child Objects | Range