How to insert a (balloon) comment and how to disable comment feature in Word2007?

[pstein]

I got a Word2007 doc which contains some (balloon) comments in the right column.

How do I disable these comments/comment column at the right?
If I disable this comment column: Are the existing columns lost or only hidden?

Assume I mark some words in the main text: How can I add a new comment?

Peter

[macropod]

Hi Peter,

If you don't want to see the comments, go to the Review tab, click 'Show markup' and uncheck the Comments option. If you want to see them again, simply re-check the same option.

[Charles Kenyon]

This is all under the Review tab.

The space taken by the comment balloons squeezes the rest of your page into a smaller space. It doesn't hide anything in my experience. I personally stopped using comments when Word shifted to the balloon interface because it interfered with layout in print view.

If you right-click on a comment, you can delete it. You can also hide comments, but doing so doesn't hide them from others reading the document on their machines with their settings; it only hides them from you.

If Word is a part of your life, I would recommend sitting down with a book like the Microsoft Word 2007 Bible by Herb Tyson for a couple of hours. It will provide immediate answers to questions and make your experience more rewarding.