Word: Inserting Comments Shortcut

Posted by Stacy Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2009 15 comments
Today's question: "Is there a shortcut to insert comments into a Word document?"

There's a shortcut for just about anything imagineable - to put a comment into your Word document without using the ribbon (or menus in previous versions), just type:

Alt + Ctrl + M

It'll automatically start a new comment for you, wherever your cursor is currently positioned.
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15 comments:

  1. vivekSaturday, October 17, 2009

    thanks, you dont know how big a help this was!

    paul,
    bangalore

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  2. StacySunday, October 18, 2009

    You're very welcome, Paul! Glad I could help you out.

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  3. AnonymousSaturday, August 14, 2010

    option + cmd (apple key) + A in the mac version

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  4. AnonymousSunday, November 28, 2010

    Such a great way to save time, thank you for posting this!!!!!!

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  5. AnonymousMonday, August 29, 2011

    Thanks!

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  6. AnonymousWednesday, February 22, 2012

    Oh, my word! Ctr + Alt + M combined with Auto Correct are making it much less time consuming to grade essays. Thank you!

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    1. StacySunday, March 04, 2012

      I always like to hear about how some people are using these tips, thank you!

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  7. AnonymousThursday, April 26, 2012

    Does not seem to work in Word 2010. Does anyone know what the shortcut for Word 2010 is for adding a comment.

    I'm spending to much time correcting essays. :)

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    1. StacySaturday, September 29, 2012

      Interesting that it's not working for you - I just tried it out on my clean install of Word 2010, and it inserts a comment. Is it possible that you've edited your keyboard shortcuts?

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  8. AnonymousWednesday, December 19, 2012

    Anyone know how to get back into the body of the text from the comment via keyboard/shortcut?
    After hearing this fabulous shortcut (that doesn't show when I hover over the command in my Word 2010 as other shortcut commands do), it is even harder to go back to using the mouse to exit my comment.

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    1. spokeydokeFriday, January 25, 2013

      hitting "Esc" works for me.

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  9. UnknownWednesday, January 22, 2014

    Hi! thanks for this useful tip! is there a shortcut for deleting a comment??

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    1. StacyWednesday, February 26, 2014

      Not that I know of, but I'd love to hear it if you've found one.

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  10. Levi Mathias JohnsonWednesday, November 01, 2017

    Thank you so much!!

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