How to convert cell contents to comments in Excel?

Maybe you have a range of cells filled with some information, and now you want to convert those cell contents to comments in a worksheet. Is it possible for you to finish this task in Excel? Here are some quick tricks to solve this problem.

Convert cell contents to comments with VBA code

Quickly convert cell contents to comments with Kutools for Excel

Convert cell contents to comments with VBA code

The following brief VBA code can help you to convert cell contents to comments, and you can apply the code with following steps:

1. Select the range of cell values that you want to convert to comments.

2. Click Developer > Visual Basic, a new Microsoft Visual Basic for applications window will be displayed, click Insert > Module, and input the following code into the Module:

Sub CellToComment()
'Updateby20140509
Dim Rng As Range
Dim WorkRng As Range
On Error Resume Next
xTitleId = "KutoolsforExcel"
Set WorkRng = Application.Selection
Set WorkRng = Application.InputBox("Range", xTitleId, WorkRng.Address, Type:=8)
For Each Rng In WorkRng
    Rng.NoteText Text:=Rng.Value
Next
End Sub

3.Then click  button to execute the code. And a dialog pops up for you to select a range to convert, then click OK, then all of the selected cell contents have been converted to comments. See screenshots:

Quickly convert cell contents to comments with Kutools for Excel

As an Excel beginner, VBA code is a little difficult for you. So, I will introduce you a simple way to deal with this.

If you have installed Kutools for Excel, the Convert Comment and Cell of Kutools can help you to convert cell contents to comments quickly and conveniently. Please do as follows:

1. Highlight the range you would like to convert them to comments.

2. Click Kutools > More > Convert Comment and Cell, see screenshot:

3. In the Convert Comment and Cell dialog box, select Convert content of cells into comments option. See screenshot:

4. Click OK. And all of the selected cell contents have been converted to cell comments. See screenshot:

With Convert Comment and Cell feature, you also can convert comments to cell contents. For more detailed information about Convert Comment and Cell, please visit Convert Comment and Cell feature description.

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