# MS Word and comments question

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-and-comments-question/985375 "2023-06-12T17:03:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-and-comments-question/985375/1 "2023-06-12T17:03:07Z")

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Hi all, do any of you know of a way to export MS Word comments in a separate, easy to organize location, such as a separate table or a bulleted list at the bottom of a doc?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-and-comments-question/985375/2 "2023-06-12T17:44:59Z")

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The cleanest way is with VBA to loop through the comments and save in Excel or similar. I can find some sample VBA for you, but it requires a little knowledge about how to work with macros.

But the simplest way if you’re open to doing a little cleanup of the comments is to save the document as a web page. Then open the web page in a browser, and the comments will all be listed at the bottom.

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**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-and-comments-question/985375/3 "2023-06-12T17:46:06Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> But the simplest way if you’re open to doing a little cleanup of the comments is to save the document as a web page. Then open the web page in a browser, and the comments will all be listed at the bottom.

Thanks! I think that I’ll do the web page thing. Much appreciated.

And, within the Edit window, I just did it. Very cool. Again, thanks!