Guides for working with comments in Word

Written while building Comment Navigator, an add-in for reviewing comments in Word. Each guide starts with what Word can do on its own, and only then shows the add-in.

• Export Word comments to Excel (with page numbers, no macro)

  Copying from the Comments pane, printing the List of Markup, a VBA macro that keeps page numbers and status, and the one-click way.

• Number comments in Word (and refer to comment 23)

  Why modern comments lost their numbers, the classic-comments workaround, a numbering macro and its catch, and a numbered list that stays in step.

• Change or remove author names on Word comments

  Setting your name before you comment, Word's Document Inspector, a macro for comments, editing the XML for tracked changes, and what none of them touch.