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A comment is a note that you can attach to a letter or word on a slide, or to an entire slide. Use comments when you want people to review and provide feedback on a presentation that you created, or when colleagues ask for your feedback on a presentation.

In Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, you can add, edit, and delete comments. To see existing comments, you can Move between review comments.

 Note   The Send for Review command is not available in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. For information on how to send your Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation to reviewers, see What happened to the Send for Review command?.

• Add a review comment

• Edit a review comment

• Delete a review comment

• Move between review comments

 Review tab

 Review commands

 Review comment thumbnail

 Comment

Add a review comment

1. On the slide that you want to add a comment to, do one of the following:
   • To add a comment about text or an object (object: A table, chart, graphic, equation, or other form of information. Objects created in one application, for example spreadsheets, and linked or embedded in another application are OLE objects.) on a slide, select the text or object.
   • To add a general comment about a slide, click anywhere on the slide.
2. On the Review tab, in the Comments group, click New Comment.
3. Type your comments, and then click outside the comment box.

    Tip   You can add more than one comment to text, an object, or a slide in a presentation.

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Edit a review comment

Presentation reviewers can edit comments added by other reviewers, which changes the color of the review comment thumbnail and changes the initials to those of the current reviewer.

1. Click the review comment thumbnail (shown as number 3 in the image above).

    Notes 

   • The review comment thumbnail generally contains the initials of the person who originally added the comment.
   • If the review comment thumbnail is hidden, on the Review tab, in the Comments group, click Show Markup.

2. On the Review tab, in the Comments group, click Edit Comment.
3. Type your comments, and then click outside the comment box.

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Delete a review comment

Presentation reviewers can delete comments added by other reviewers, which changes the color of the review comment thumbnail and changes the initials to those of the current reviewer.

1. Click the comment that you want to delete.
2. On the Review tab, in the Comments group, click Delete.

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Move between review comments

• To move between comments, on the Review tab, in the Comments group, click Previous or Next.

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