Mac Word Shortcut For Comment Tag

by C.K. MacLeod

Editors use the Comments feature in Word to ask writers clarifying questions or to make suggestions. Beta readers can use this feature to provide feedback, too.

In Word 2016, you could, of course, wander over to the ribbon, click on the Reviewing tab, and select New Comment in the Comments area. But that’s a lot of clicks if you have to repeat this action hundreds of times in a week.

To save your wrists from repetitive strain, click anywhere in a word and use the keyboard shortcut Alt + R, C.

If you work on multiple documents like I do, you might discover that you’re typing the same comment repeatedly. You can create a shortcut for these “standard” comments, too! Here’s how:

In Word, click on File, Options, Proofing, Autocorrect Options. In the grid that pops up, type a two- or three-character shortcut in the Replace box. In the With box, type the sentence that you want your computer to type for you.

Here’s what that looks like:

To quickly find a shortcut in this article, you can use Search. Press Ctrl+F, and then type your search words. If an action that you use often does not have a shortcut key, you can record a macro to create one. If you are using Microsoft Word Starter, be aware that not all the features listed for Word are supported in Word Starter. I recently switched from Mac to Windows and I have Microsoft Word 2016. My work requires editing documents and often inserting comments to make long suggestions. On my Mac, I configured 'Insert Comment' to Ctrl+G. I want to do the same on here, but I can't find 'Insert Comment' in the Commands when I go to customize keyboard shortcuts.

Replace: .cl
With: Could you check this link?

Your computer will type the sentence for you when you type .cl.

Replace: .wi
With: Could you write a one-paragraph intro to frame the module?

Tip: Begin your shortcut with a period, so you don’t accidentally choose letter combinations that are words (“.at” for “insert alt text” is better than “at,” for example). Choose letter combinations that you’ll remember easily. For me, .cl means “check link” and .wi means “write intro.”

Creating shortcuts can save your wrists from too much mousing, clicking, and typing. It can also save you loads of time.

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What are your favourite shortcuts? Are you a Mac user? What shortcuts do you use? Feel free to share in the comments below.

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When you’re typing away and you need to quickly list out some questions or features. I need the bullet point shortcut all the time. On a Mac it’s easy to remember if you just want the dot (•) and not a formatted list. It’s Alt-8. Think of it as the alternative to the asterisk (which lives on the 8 key on most keyboards). To create the bullet point shortcut on a PC you’ll need to be a bit more dexterous. Use the Alt keyboard sequence, ensuring that the num lock is open. Press Alt-0-1-4-9 then, upon lifting the Alt key you’ll see a delicious bullet point.

Ok, but what if you want an actual formatted list? On Mac you’re in luck for MS Office, for Windows you may have consistency issues going between versions. I find that strange. There is a way around this however. If you feel it will pay off you can build your own shortcut. Open the Customise Keyboard dialog box. To find this choose tools/customise/keyboard (pre Word 2007) and Office/Word options/customise. Now choose formatting from the categories list then in the commands list choose format bullet default. Click the press new shortcut key box and type in your shortcut. Select assign and then close everything. Now you have a bullet point shortcut for Word or Office on PC.

Mac Word Shortcut For Comment Line

Bullets have been around for a while. In the day of the typewriter people would type a lowercase ‘o’ and then fill it in with ink. The Alt-8 shortcut back then would have blown their minds! The symbol for a bullet list can vary from a dash to a little black heart to a tiny cross. No one truly knows the origin of the phrase ‘bullet point’ but some say they came about because it was too much trouble to renumber a list once edited on a typewriter.

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