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30         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Inserting and Editing Comments</title>
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35<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153968"><bookmark_value>comments; on cells</bookmark_value>
36      <bookmark_value>cells;comments</bookmark_value>
37      <bookmark_value>remarks on cells</bookmark_value>
38      <bookmark_value>formatting;comments on cells</bookmark_value>
39      <bookmark_value>viewing;comments on cells</bookmark_value>
40      <bookmark_value>displaying; comments</bookmark_value>
41</bookmark><comment>MW deleted double index "comments;on cells" and copied "displaying;comments" from shared/optionen/01060100.xhp</comment>
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43                 oldref="31"><variable id="note_insert"><link href="text/scalc/guide/note_insert.xhp" name="Inserting and Editing Comments">Inserting and Editing Comments</link>
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45<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>
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48<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>
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51<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>
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54<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>
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57<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10699" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Move or resize each comment as you like.</paragraph>
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60<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>
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63<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>
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66<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>
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68<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>
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