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Comments.Add method (Word)

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Returns a Comment object that represents a comment added to a range.

Syntax

expression.Add (Range, Text)

expression Required. A variable that represents a 'Comments' collection.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
Range Required Range object The range to have a comment added to it.
Text Optional Variant The text of the comment.

Return value

Comment

Example

This example adds a comment at the insertion point.

Sub AddComment() 
 Selection.Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd 
 ActiveDocument.Comments.Add _ 
 Range:=Selection.Range, Text:="review this" 
End Sub

This example adds a comment to the third paragraph in the active document.

Sub Comment3rd() 
 Dim myRange As Range 
 
 Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(3).Range 
 ActiveDocument.Comments.Add Range:=myRange, _ 
 Text:="original third paragraph" 
End Sub

See also

Comments Collection Object

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