1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textscalcguidenote_insertxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting and Editing Comments</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/scalc/guide/note_insert.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153968"><bookmark_value>comments; on cells</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>cells;comments</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>remarks on cells</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>formatting;comments on cells</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>viewing;comments on cells</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>displaying; comments</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark><comment>MW deleted double index "comments;on cells" and copied "displaying;comments" from shared/optionen/01060100.xhp</comment> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153968" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="31"><variable id="note_insert"><link href="text/scalc/guide/note_insert.xhp" name="Inserting and Editing Comments">Inserting and Editing Comments</link> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150440" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">You can assign a comment to each cell by choosing <link href="text/shared/01/04050000.xhp" name="Insert - Comment"><emph>Insert - Comment</emph></link>. The comment is indicated by a small red square, the comment indicator, in the cell.</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145750" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">The comment is visible whenever the mouse pointer is over the cell, provided you have activated <emph>Help - Tips</emph> or - <emph>Extended Tips</emph>.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">When you select the cell, you can choose <emph>Show Comment</emph> from the context menu of the cell. Doing so keeps the comment visible until you deactivate the <emph>Show Comment</emph> command from the same context menu.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149958" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">To edit a permanently visible comment, just click in it. If you delete the entire text of the comment, the comment itself is deleted.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10699" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Move or resize each comment as you like.</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN1069D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Format each comment by specifying background color, transparency, border style, and text alignment. Choose the commands from the context menu of the comment.</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3144764" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="38">To show or hide the comment indicator, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - View</emph> and mark or unmark the <emph>Comment indicator</emph> check box.</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150715" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">To display a help tip for a selected cell, use <emph>Data - Validity - Input Help</emph>.</paragraph> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153707" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36"><link href="text/shared/01/04050000.xhp" name="Insert - Comment">Insert - Comment</link></paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/scalc/guide/validity.xhp#validity"/> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 73