XL2000: How to Create a Macro That Counts Comments

• Microsoft Excel 2000

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, you can insert notes (comments) when you do not want to display comments on your worksheet or when you want to print comments on a separate sheet. The "More Information" section of this article contains sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macros you can use to count how many comments are in a worksheet.

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Sample Macro 1: To Count Comments in a Selection

' This code counts the number of comments in a selection.

Sub CountNotesSelection()
    counter = 0
    'You must select the range first
    z = Selection.Address
    For Each x In ActiveSheet.Range(z)
        If Len(x.NoteText) > 0 Then counter = counter + 1
    Next
    MsgBox counter
End Sub 

Sample Macro 2: To Count Comments for the Entire Worksheet

' This code counts the number of comments for the used range on a
' worksheet.

Sub CountNotesSheet()
    counter = 0
    For Each x In ActiveSheet.UsedRange
        If Len(x.NoteText) > 0 Then counter = counter + 1
    Next
    MsgBox counter
End Sub 

REFERENCES

For more information about cell comments, click Microsoft Excel Help on the Help menu, type "cell comments" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

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