XL: How to Create a Macro That Counts Comments (213638)

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, you can insert notes (comments) when you do not want to display comments on your worksheet or when you want to print comments on a separate sheet. The "More Information" section of this article contains sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macros you can use to count how many comments are in a worksheet.

MORE INFORMATION

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Sample Macro 1: To Count Comments in a Selection

' This code counts the number of comments in a selection.

Sub CountNotesSelection()
    counter = 0
    'You must select the range first
    z = Selection.Address
    For Each x In ActiveSheet.Range(z)
        If Len(x.NoteText) > 0 Then counter = counter + 1
    Next
    MsgBox counter
End Sub

Sample Macro 2: To Count Comments for the Entire Worksheet

' This code counts the number of comments for the used range on a
' worksheet.

Sub CountNotesSheet()
    counter = 0
    For Each x In ActiveSheet.UsedRange
        If Len(x.NoteText) > 0 Then counter = counter + 1
    Next
    MsgBox counter
End Sub

XL: How to Create a Macro That Counts Comments (213638)

SUMMARY

MORE INFORMATION

Sample Macro 1: To Count Comments in a Selection

Sample Macro 2: To Count Comments for the Entire Worksheet

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