DocTools - CommentManager

We have partnered with MVP Lene Fredborg to bring you this add-in.

link - wordaddins.com/products/comments-in-word/ 
link - thedoctools.com 

This Word add-in lets you review comments all in from one place, extract all comments, create inline comments for instructions and help.
Completely compatible with Word's own comment features but with many powerful, new and unique capabilities added.
This will help you save time and improve the quality of your corporate Word documents.

The CommentManager add-in lets you work with two types of comments in Word:
Standard comment - The type of comment you can insert via the Insert tab or the Review tab in the Ribbon (called comment or standard comment below)
Standard comments are normally used during the editing and review phase of a Word document and will most often need to be removed from the final document.
Inline comment - A special type of comment inserted as a 1-column table inline in the document - can be used for instructions, help texts, tips, etc.
Inline comments may be used either as temporary instructions, tips or help during the editing process or as permanent tips or notes.

Microsoft has introduced a redesign of the built-in comment features in Word for Microsoft 365, referred to as modern comments. Unfortunately, modern comments include a lot of restrictions compared to classic comments. Also, the changes ruined some of the features in DocTools CommentManager.
Word 2019 and earlier versions will remain using the classic comments features as previously. Sooner or later, users of Word for Microsoft 365 will be switched to use modern comments.
In DocTools CommentManager 3.0, I have redesigned the add-in to handle the issues in relation to modern comments. This means that the new version works with both classic comments and modern comments.

Lots of Features ..

Review all standard comments from a control center from where you can see all commends, edit comments, add replies to comments, mark comments as resolved, rank comments, find comments with specific metadata or text, filter comments to see e.g. only comments with rank 1, etc.
Change the author name of existing comments, e.g. to show the company name instead of individual author names in documents that are to be shared with external people
Extract all comments, incl. metadata, to a new Word document or to Excel - you can print the extract document with all comments, if desired
Insert inline comments with the click of a button
Delete all resolved comments in one operation
Browse all inline comments and quickly delete individual inline comments, if you want
Delete all inline comments with the click of a button, if you want
Customizable defaults for inline comments
Easy access to display options and other settings related to standard comments

Use the Esc key on the keyboard to move the cursor from a comment back to the document, just after the commented text so you are ready for typing without first deselecting the commented text
NOTE: Currently, Microsoft doesn't support using the Esc key in modern comments
Change the author name in existing comments, e.g. to show the company name instead of individual user names in documents that are to be shared with external people
Remove author names from all comments to make them totally neutral - without removing other metadata
Review comments in Word from a control center from where you can see all comments, edit comments, reply to comments, mark comments as resolved, delete comments, etc.
Rank comments by importance and quickly filter comments by rank
Filter comments to see only unresolved comments or only resolved comments
Quickly find and get an overview of all comments that match certain criteria - for example, find all comments added by the same author or comments that include a specific text string
Extract all comments or selected comments, incl. metadata, to a new Word document - gives you full overview of all comments and lets you print all comments, if desired - you can select from a number of sort options, incl. sort by rank
Extract all comments or selected comments, incl. metadata, to an Excel file - gives you full overview of all comments and lets you use Excel features, e.g. for filtering
Find a comment in the source document directly from an extract document
Convert selected text to a comment, thereby removing the selection from the document and adding it to a new comment in the location where the text was found
Delete all resolved comments in one operation
Move a comment from one place in a document to another
Insert inline comments that can be used for tips, instructions, help texts, tips, notes, etc.
Review inline comments via a dialog box that lets you browse through the inline comments and delete the individual inline comments if desired
Delete all inline comments in one operation
Specify default settings for both standard comments, comment numbering, and inline comments - define comment numbering, colors, etc.
See the index number of the current comment and the total number of comments when you go to next or previous comment (example: comment 23 of 45)
Easy access to modify the styles used for comments

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