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Gabriel uses Word's Comment feature to add comments to documents he edits. He asked if there was a way to add a comment a single time, and then provide multiple references to that single comment. Unfortunately, there is no intrinsic way to do this using Word's Comment feature. There are some ways you can approach the problem, however, that may provide the desired result.
If your desire is to limit the verbiage in the Comments area of Word, you can manually number your own comments and then reference them. You know that Word numbers comments automatically, but when you actually insert a comment you could first type a comment identifier, such as "Comment 1," "C1," or "#1." Then, go ahead and type your lengthy comment. At later points in the document, when you want to refer to the same lengthy comment, insert a comment as you normally would, but then in the comment itself say "See Comment 1" or "See C1." This removes the need to retype the original lengthy comment, provides a reference to the reader, and gives them a non-changing comment number to reference.
Another possible solution is definitely low-tech, and uses Word's highlighter feature. If you have a limited number of "standard" explanatory comments you use in editing documents, you could add a "legend" at the beginning of a document that ties the explanation to a specific highlighter color. Then, when that comment is applicable to a piece of text, highlight that piece of text using the same highlighter color. For instance, you might mark all instances of passive voice restructuring with green highlighter, and all instances of possessive/plural confusion with purple highlighter.
The final possible approach involves the use of bookmarks and hyperlinks, along with comments. You can try out these steps:
With the hyperlink in place, someone can click on the hyperlink and they are taken directly to the comment text you specified in step 2.
If you find that you will be using the same comment cross-reference over and over, you can create an AutoText entry that uses the hyperlink. Follow these steps:
Now, when you later want to refer to the original comment, type the AutoText name and press F3. The hyperlink is automatically added to your document, and you can continue editing as you normally would.
Tip #1632 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
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