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Hi,<br />
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in Wd 2016 pls try
<pre><code id="code-20-42392197-1">    Dim wrdRevisionsFilter As RevisionsFilter
    Set wrdRevisionsFilter = ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.RevisionsFilter
    wrdRevisionsFilter.Markup = wdRevisionsMarkupSimple</code></pre>
before commenting<br />
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Not tested<br />
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Regards
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Hi,

in Wd 2016 pls try

    Dim wrdRevisionsFilter As RevisionsFilter
    Set wrdRevisionsFilter = ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.RevisionsFilter
    wrdRevisionsFilter.Markup = wdRevisionsMarkupSimple

before commenting

Not tested

Regards

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Suggested answer did not solve the issue. &nbsp;Found the answer myself via Google search.
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Suggested answer did not solve the issue.  Found the answer myself via Google search.

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I'm using VBA code in Word 2010/2016 to add a comment to the selection range in Word. &nbsp;Works fine, but it opens the Comments pane at the bottom of the screen and positions my insertion point down in that pane, which I don't want. &nbsp;I just want my insertion point to be inside the newly added comment bubble on the right margin, the same as when I manually add a comment.<br />
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I tried newcomment.range.select or newcomment.edit, but both still put me down in the bottom pane. &nbsp;<br />
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So I need to understand how to prevent the Comment pane from showing altogether, or a way to close it once it does. <br />
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Appreciate any help.
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I'm using VBA code in Word 2010/2016 to add a comment to the selection range in Word.  Works fine, but it opens the Comments pane at the bottom of the screen and positions my insertion point down in that pane, which I don't want.  I just want my insertion point to be inside the newly added comment bubble on the right margin, the same as when I manually add a comment.

I tried newcomment.range.select or newcomment.edit, but both still put me down in the bottom pane.  

So I need to understand how to prevent the Comment pane from showing altogether, or a way to close it once it does. 

Appreciate any help.

VBA: Why does adding a comment programmatically in Word open the Comments pane?

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) enables building user-defined functions (UDFs), automating processes and accessing Windows API and other low-level functionality through dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). VBA is closely related to Visual Basic and uses the Visual Basic Runtime Library, but it can normally only run code within a host application rather than as a standalone program. It can, however, be used to control one application from another via OLE Automation. VBA is built into most Microsoft Office applications.

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