XL2000: How to Change the Font in a Cell Comment

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This article was previously published under Q213680

Symptoms

When you record a macro in which you change the font of a cell comment, and you then subsequently rerun the macro, the font of the comment does not change as you expected.

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Cause

Depending on the method you used to select the comment while recording the macro, your recorded macro may not contain the code necessary to modify the font of the cell comment.

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Resolution

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For more information about the support options that are available and about how to contact Microsoft, visit the following Microsoft Web site:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS The following sample macro changes the font of the active cell's comment to Courier, Bold with a size of 14:

Sub Comment_Font_Change()
    With ActiveCell.Comment.Shape.TextFrame.Characters.Font
        .Name = "courier"
        .Size = 14
        .Bold = True
    End With
End Sub

You can also change the font of all comments in a worksheet by running the following macro:

Sub All_Comment_Font_Change()
    For Each x In ActiveSheet.Comments
       With x.Shape.TextFrame.Characters.Font
            .Name = "courier"
            .Size = 14
            .Bold = True
        End With
    Next x
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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More information

Depending on how you select a cell comment, a different version of the Format Comment dialog box appears when you click Comment on the Format menu. If you have the comment frame selected, and the pointer is not within the comment text, the Format Comment dialog box displays seven tabs: Font, Alignment, Colors and Lines, Size, Protection, Properties, and Margins. However, if the pointer is flashing within the comment text, you are in Edit mode, and the Format Comment dialog box will display just one tab: Font.

If you record a macro in which you change the font while in Edit mode, the recorded macro does not produce the necessary code for modifying the comment font. The following code is representative of a macro recorded while changing the comment font in Edit mode:

Sub Macro1()
    Range("A1").Comment.Shape.Select True
    Range("A1").Comment.Text Text:="Username:" & Chr(10) & _
        "this is a test"
    Range("A2").Select
End Sub

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212240� XL2000: Unable to Rotate AutoShapes While in Edit Mode

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References

For more information about the Comment Object, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type comment object in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic forApplications, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435� VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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