cell comments

Hello everybody,

can someone please help me with the next problem:

I have an excel file with many, many sheets. I want to send, via e-mail, only one sheet, so a copy the sheet in a new book (right click on the sheet -> move or copy -> create a copy -> new book). In some cells I have inserted comments. When I break the links to the main excel file (edit links -> break links) the comments also disappear. Why is this happening and how can I break the links without the comments to disappear?

I am using Excel 2007 (files with xlsx extension).
Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

Nick's picture

a few things to try:1. is

a few things to try:

1. is this a problem with Excel 2003 ?
2. if you go file => options => advanced =>Display ... what's the option for: "For Cells with comments, show" ?

With excel 2003 I didnt have

With excel 2003 I didnt have this problem. But at work we moved to 2007 and I have to deal with it:)

Nick's picture

ok.. one more question.. why

ok.. one more question.. why are you breaking links ?
If you are sending out a report, surely you can just copy and paste special values and formats to remove the links.
Also, is it a problem if you save the file as an xls ?

The problem persists even if

The problem persists even if I save the file as an xls.

I prefer not to use the "copy/paste special" option because I am sending many reports, to a lot of divisions, the reports have a lot of columns and rows (per months, per cost categories, etc), some cells have formulas, some cells dont. I want to break the links but not also the formulas. And by "paste special" option a turn everything into numbers, including formulas.

The problem is with excel

The problem is with excel 2007

the option checked is "indicators only and comments on hover"
Should I check "comments and indicators"?

I will try and come back with a feedback,
thank a lot for the hint :)

No, it does not work. After

No, it does not work. After checking that option I have all the comments visible in all excel files (it`s like the option "unhide comment").