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      <bookmark_value>remarks on cells</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>formatting;comments on cells</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>viewing;comments on cells</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>displaying; comments</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>MW deleted double index "comments;on cells" and copied "displaying;comments" from shared/optionen/01060100.xhp</comment>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150440" xml-lang="en-US">You can assign a comment to each cell by choosing <link href="text/shared/01/04050000.xhp"><emph>Insert - Comment</emph></link>. The comment is indicated by a small red square, the comment indicator, in the cell.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145750" xml-lang="en-US">The comment is visible whenever the mouse pointer is over the cell.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US">When you select the cell, you can choose <emph>Show Comment</emph> from the context menu of the cell. Doing so keeps the comment visible until you deactivate the <emph>Show Comment</emph> command from the same context menu.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149958" xml-lang="en-US">To edit a permanently visible comment, just click in it. If you delete the entire text of the comment, the comment itself is deleted.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN10699" xml-lang="en-US">Move or resize each comment as you like.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_idN1069D" xml-lang="en-US">Format each comment by specifying background color, transparency, border style, and text alignment. Choose the commands from the context menu of the comment.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3144764" xml-lang="en-US">To show or hide the comment indicator, choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - %PRODUCTNAME Calc - View</emph> and mark or unmark the <emph>Comment indicator</emph> check box.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150715" xml-lang="en-US">To display a help tip for a selected cell, use <emph>Data - Validity - Input Help</emph>.</paragraph>
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