XL2000: How to Change the Font in a Cell Comment (213680)
The information in this article applies to:
This article was previously published under Q213680 SYMPTOMS
When you record a macro in which you change the font of a cell comment, and
you then subsequently rerun the macro, the font of the comment does not change
as you expected.
CAUSE
Depending on the method you used to select the comment while recording the
macro, your recorded macro may not contain the code necessary to modify the
font of the cell comment.
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The following sample macro changes the font of the active cell's comment to
Courier, Bold with a size of 14:
Sub Comment_Font_Change()
With ActiveCell.Comment.Shape.TextFrame.Characters.Font
.Name = "courier"
.Size = 14
.Bold = True
End With
End Sub
You can also change the font of all comments in a worksheet by running the
following macro:
Sub All_Comment_Font_Change()
For Each x In ActiveSheet.Comments
With x.Shape.TextFrame.Characters.Font
.Name = "courier"
.Size = 14
.Bold = True
End With
Next x
End Sub
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. REFERENCESFor more information about the Comment Object, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type comment object in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic. For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic forApplications, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/11/2006 |
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