XL2000: Comments Are Resized Unexpectedly

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Symptoms

A comment in a worksheet cell may be resized unexpectedly so that the comment box object is only slightly visible when you rest the mouse pointer over the comment marker.

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Cause

This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:

You insert a comment into a cell.

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You increase the size of the row above the row containing the comment.

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You immediately insert a row above the row containing the comment.

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Workaround

To work around this problem, use one of the following methods:

Method 1

You can manually resize the comment. To do this, follow these steps:

Right-click the cell that contains the comment, and then click Show Comment on the menu that appears.
Click the border of the comment. Use the resize handles that appear to resize the comment.

Method 2

To resize the comment, use the following sample Visual Basic code:

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Sub Auto_Size_Comment_Boxes()
    Dim c As Comment
    Dim sht As Worksheet     
       For Each sht In ActiveWorkbook.Sheets
            For Each c In sht.Comments
                c.Visible = True 'To Hide Comment Box Change to False
                c.Shape.Locked = False
                c.Shape.TextFrame.AutoSize = True
            Next c
        Next sht
End Sub

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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References

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

211816 XL2000: Comments May Not Be Printed As Expected

212092 XL2000: Comments are Obscured, Truncated if Immediately Above Frozen Pane

For more information about Comments, click Microsoft Excel Help on the Help menu, type "Comments" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

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