Until version 3.0, DocTools CommentManager included features for adding automatic numbering to all comments to compensate for Microsoft's removal of numbering in Print Layout view in Word 2013 and newer versions. Read about some of the special features above and see the illustrations of the DocTools CommentManager menus and the descriptions of the individual commands below to get an idea of all the features. Since many companies use comments a lot in relation to the editing and review process of documents, I found that some special comment tools could be useful.

The extract document shows the following data:įor many years, I have provided both a macro and a Word add-in free of charge that let you extract comments from a Word document. In case of a Word extract document, you can quickly find the comment in the source document by using the Find Comment command. Also, you can use an extract document to print comments, if desired. In Excel, you can use Excel's own features to quickly filter or sort the extracted comments as you wish.Īn extract documents is useful to get a good overview of comments. You can sort by comment location, by author initials, by author name, or by rank. When extracting to Word, you can also select how comments are to be sorted in the extract document. If you turn OFF the option, a slash (/) will appear instead of the graphic elements in the extract and tables in comments will be converted to text only. You can select whether pictures and graphics in comments are to be included in the extract. You can select whether the extract document is to include all comments or only comments in a selected part of the document. The extract document will include a row for each comment. You can extract comments to either a new Word document or to an Excel file using the Extract Comments to New Word Document and Extract Comments to Excel commands in the More Comment Tools menu.

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