Restore 2000 functionality to Comments in PowerPoint

[Harish]

Older versions of PowerPoint allowed us to insert a comment, edit the comment
and exit the comment using the ESC key. The 2003 version no longer allows
that, forcing the user to toggle between the keyboard and the mouse in order
to exit the comment. (Pressing ESC results in the edits being lost).

Can you restore the old functionality?

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Harish,
You cannot restore the older comments. But you can use VBA to create new
ones. This code snippet inserts a pre-XP comment shape on the slide.

Sub InsertOldCommentShape()
Dim oCmdBtn As Object
On Error Resume Next
Set oCmdBtn = CommandBars.FindControl(Id:=1589)
If Not oCmdBtn Is Nothing Then
If oCmdBtn.Enabled Then
ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.AddComment
End If
End If
End Sub