how add comment to File in EXPLORER

A

anonymous reader

How do I add a comment to a file displayed on the Windows Explorer page once
I've added the column for COMMENTS
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Ask in a Windows group for your operating system.

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account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, anonymous reader asked:

| How do I add a comment to a file displayed on the Windows Explorer
| page once I've added the column for COMMENTS
 
J

John Cello

There are two ways to enter comments for a file:
In the application the file was created in (Word, Excel, etc.) go to
File...Properties and enter them there.

Alternately, and for files not created with a MS application:
Right click on the file name. Go to the Summary tab, and add your comments
in the box below.

Hope this helps

John Cello
www.johncelloconsulting.com
 
A

anonymous reader

Thanx for the help. I'm obviously unfamiliar with this forum and don't even
know how to correctly direct a question, according to the previous
responders.
 
J

John Cello

No problem. I'll never understand why anyone bothers answering that "This
isn't the right newsgroup", etc., when you can answer the question in the
same amount of time it takes to type that
 
B

Beth Melton

If you want to become more familiar with newsgroups then click the
"Help" link on the right and review the topics under "Posting to a
discussion group".

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B

Beth Melton

They may not know the answer since this newsgroup is intended for
issues that affect all Office applications along with shared Office
components.

I do agree that if you know the answer you should provide it. BUT I
also think the poster should know they are posting off-topic for
future questions they may have.

There are several reasons that there are over 2000 newsgroups. A
primary reason is each group is dedicated to a specific topic and
that's where you're likely to find the experts and obtain a faster
response to your question.

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J

John Cello

This is good advice. Familiarity certainly helps. However, the Help screen
really doesn't let the user know what forum to post to. This user was
technically correct in posting her query to the Office General Questions in
that the answer was in using the File...Properties dialog in any of the
Office Suite products.

We tend to get too wrapped up in telling users that they're in the wrong
newsgroup or, even more reprehensible, telling them to "Google keywords".
While this would be fine to include, it really doesn't take that much longer
to also answer the question.

I've asked many a question in the forums, and have often guessed at what NG
I should address with it. And while I've received the abovementioned answers
on several occasions, I've also been given answers.

You MVPs are an invaluable source of information to we hacks, saving us
countless hours and keeping our frustration levels tolerable. We really do
appreciate your help, and mean no inconvenience when we're lost and looking
for answers.

Thanks Beth
 
B

Beth Melton

John Cello said:
This is good advice. Familiarity certainly helps. However, the Help
screen
really doesn't let the user know what forum to post to. This user
was
technically correct in posting her query to the Office General
Questions in
that the answer was in using the File...Properties dialog in any of
the
Office Suite products.
Click to expand...

I'd think the forum names should suffice. If you have an Explorer
question then one should post to a Windows newsgroup. But I also
understand that it's difficult to find the correct forum out of over
2000. :)

Although...now that I think about it, the underlying problem in this
case could be due to accessing them through the Office portal:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx . There
isn't a visible means of getting to the Windows newsgroups or those
for other technologies. Looks like another area to suggest
improvement...
We tend to get too wrapped up in telling users that they're in the
wrong
newsgroup or, even more reprehensible, telling them to "Google
keywords".
While this would be fine to include, it really doesn't take that
much longer
to also answer the question.

I've asked many a question in the forums, and have often guessed at
what NG
I should address with it. And while I've received the abovementioned
answers
on several occasions, I've also been given answers.
Click to expand...

Now, not everyone gets wrapped up in telling others they are in the
wrong newsgroup. ;-)
You MVPs are an invaluable source of information to we hacks, saving
us
countless hours and keeping our frustration levels tolerable. We
really do
appreciate your help, and mean no inconvenience when we're lost and
looking
for answers.
Click to expand...

Thanks, John. I think lately the regulars in the newsgroups are
growing weary of waiting for the kinks to be worked out of the web
interface. The new interface to access the newsgroups on the Microsoft
site was deployed back in June and since then we've been seeing a lot
of misplaced posts these days and there's the new Suggestion type post
that was introduced. Unfortunately there have been a lot of these
posts that weren't exactly Suggestions that should have been posted in
the newsgroups. Plus it's bringing a lot of new folks to the newsgroup
who aren't familiar with newsgroup protocol. There are those of us who
have been hanging out around here for years and there are days it's
hard to keep in mind the whole reason we're here in the first place -
to help and to learn from each other. :)

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Microsoft Office MVP

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A

anonymous reader

Thanx again, your advice hit the mark (in more ways than one).

Regards, Curt Klemenz.
 
B

Beth Melton

Would you mind sharing which portal you used to access the newsgroups?
If you are uncertain then you can copy/paste the URL and I can take it
from there.

Thanks!

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Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
 
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