Word highlighting comments rather than using braces as designed

[Wayt Gibbs]

Question 13 in this FAQ from Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286169

states that Word 2007 is designed to allow comments to be inserted that do
not highlight any words.

But that is not how Word behaves for me.

If I create a new document, type "This is a test sentence", place the cursor
before the word sentence, and click the "New Comment" button, Word creates a
new comment linked to the word "sentence," which is highlighted.

Is there some setting I can change to make Word behave as documented, or is
the documentation wrong?

Here is the text of the relevant portion of the FAQ:
13. In earlier versions of Word, when I insert a comment, Word selects the
nearest word and highlights it to indicate where the comment is. Why has this
functionality changed?

The new comment feature does not force you to associate a word with the
comment. Instead of highlighting the area of the comment, Word now inserts a
set of large colored braces around the location of the comment. If you select
text when you insert a comment, Word places the braces around the text.
Otherwise, the braces are inserted at the insertion point and may resemble a
vertical line.

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

I don't have Word 2007 to test, but since no one else has replied, you
might try clicking on Office Button | Word Options | Advanced | Editing
options: uncheck the "Automatically select entire word" box.

 

[Wayt Gibbs]

That's a great suggestion. Unfortunately, unchecking that option (which was
checked) doesn't change Word's misbehavior: it still selects the nearest word
when I create a comment with the cursor in between two words.

Any other ideas?

Cheers,
Wayt

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Wayt,

What happens if you select the space character before the word 'sentence' in your example?

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That's a great suggestion. Unfortunately, unchecking that option (which was
checked) doesn't change Word's misbehavior: it still selects the nearest word
when I create a comment with the cursor in between two words.

Any other ideas?

Cheers,
Wayt >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*