Removing All Comments

Summary: Need to get rid of all the comments in your document? You can do so by using the regular Find and Replace feature of Word. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

Word allows you to easily add comments to your documents. There may come a time when you want to get rid of all of them. In order to do so, you can follow these steps:

Press Ctrl+H. Word displays the Replace tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
In the Find What box, enter ^a.
Make sure the Replace With box is empty.
Click on Replace All.

Tip #857 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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