How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel

Last updated on Sep 27 2021
Ravinder Patil

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How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel

Adding Comment to Cell

Adding comment to cell helps in understanding the purpose of cell, what input it should have, etc. It helps in proper documentation.

To add comment to a cell, select the cell and perform any of the actions mentioned below.

• Choose Review » Comments » New Comment.
• Right-click the cell and choose Insert Comment from available options.
• Press Shift+F2.

Initially, a comment consists of Computer’s user name. You have to modify it with text for the cell comment.

How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel
How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel

Modifying Comment

You can modify the comment you have entered before as mentioned below.

• Select the cell on which the comment appears.
• Right-click the cell and choose the Edit Comment from the available options.
• Modify the comment.

How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel
How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel

Formatting Comment

Various formatting options are available for comments. For formatting a comment, Right click on cell » Edit comment » Select comment » Right click on it » Format comment. With formatting of comment you can change the color, font, size, etc of the comment.

How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel
How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel

Add Text Box in Excel

Text Boxes

Text boxes are special graphic objects that combine the text with a rectangular graphic object. Text boxes and cell comments are similar in displaying the text in rectangular box. But text boxes are always visible, while cell comments become visible after selecting the cell.

Adding Text Boxes

To add a text box, perform the below actions.

• Choose Insert » Text Box » choose text box or draw it.

Initially, the comment consists of Computer’s user name. You have to modify it with text for the cell comment.

How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel
How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel

Formatting Text Box

After you have added the text box, you can format it by changing the font, font size, font style, and alignment, etc. Let us see some of the important options of formatting a text box.

• Fill − Specifies the filling of text box like No fill, solid fill. Also specifying the transparency of text box fill.
• Line Colour − Specifies the line colour and transparency of the line.
• Line Style − Specifies the line style and width.
• Size − Specifies the size of the text box.
• Properties − Specifies some properties of the text box.
• Text Box − Specifies text box layout, Auto-fit option and internal margins.

How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel
How to Insert Comments and Add Text Box in Excel

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