#How to show hidden text in excel how to#

You can delete all comments in a workbook, hidden or not, using the Inspector. This can be very dangerous if you don't know there are comments in a workbook and it's sent to a client or third party with the hidden comments. In the area For cells with comments, show, check the No comments or indicators.Click the File tab in the Ribbon and then click Options.

You can use Excel Options to hide comments and indicators: Hiding all comments and indicators using Options You can also right-click on a cell with a comment and choose Edit Comment from the drop-down menu that appears.

Click in the comment you wish to edit and change the content, formatting, size and/or position.

Click Show All Comments in the Comments group to show the comments.

Click Show All Comments in the Comments group to hide the comments.

Click Show All Comments in the Comments group.Īssuming that you have set the display of comments to show red markers and comments on hover, you can hide the comments and display the red markers.

Showing all comments using the RibbonĪssuming that you have set the display of comments to show red markers and comments on hover, you may want to show all comments when you are working on them and then later hide the comments to display the red markers again. Once you have inserted a comment, you can enter text in the comment box and drag the borders of the comment to move it or the handles to resize it. You can also right-click on a cell and choose Insert Comment from the drop-down menu that appears.

Click New Comment in the Comments group.

Click the cell where you wish to enter a comment.

You can insert a comment in a cell using the Ribbon: Check Comments and indicators if you wish comments and indicators to display. Check Indicators only, comments on hover to display the red markers. Check No comments or indicators if you do not want the red markers to display.

In the area For cells with comments, show, choose the desired option.

In the right panel, scroll down to the Display section.

Click the Advanced category in the left panel.

To control the display of comments and indicators through Excel's Options: By default, when you insert comments in cells, Excel will display indicators as red markers in cells with comments. If you are using the comments feature within Excel, the first thing you should do is specify options as to how you want comments to display.

#How to show hidden text in excel how to#

Recommended articles: How to Hide Excel Worksheets and How to Hide Formulas from Clients, Colleagues and Other Usersĭo you want to learn more about Excel? Check out our virtual classroom or live classroom Excel courses > Setting options to manage the display of comments and indicators Although you can also insert text boxes with comments, we'll forgo that method here. Note that this article applies to Excel 20 and not 2016 and newer versions of Excel which have threaded comments and traditional comments are called notes. After you insert comments in cells, you can edit, show, hide and delete comments.

You can insert comments in Microsoft Excel using the comments feature.

How to Easily Insert, Edit, Delete, Show and Hide Comments in Excel Workbooksīy Avantix Learning Team | Updated December 9, 2019Īpplies to: Microsoft ® Excel ® 20 (Windows)