How to convert comments to footnotes or endnotes in Microsoft Word?
Supposing there are multiple comments in your Word document, how can you convert all these comments to footnotes or endnotes at the same time? This article provides VBA methods to achieve it.
Convert comments to footnotes or endnotes with VBA code
Convert comments to footnotes or endnotes with VBA code
The below VBA codes can help you quickly convert all comments in current document to footnotes or endnotes. Please do as follows.
1. Open the document contains comments you will convert to footnotes or endnotes, press the Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, click Insert > Module. Then copy below VBA code into the Module window.
VBA code: Convert comments to footnotes:
Sub ConvertCommentsToFootnotes()
Dim xComm As Comment
Dim xCommRange As Range
Dim xDoc As Document
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Set xDoc = ActiveDocument
For Each xComm In xDoc.Comments
Set xCommRange = xComm.Range
xDoc.Footnotes.Add xComm.Scope, , xCommRange.Text
xComm.Delete
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
VBA code: Convert comments to endnotes:
Sub ConvertCommentsToEndnotes()
Dim xComm As Comment
Dim xCommRange As Range
Dim xDoc As Document
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Set xDoc = ActiveDocument
For Each xComm In xDoc.Comments
Set xCommRange = xComm.Range
xDoc.Endnotes.Add xComm.Scope, , xCommRange.Text
xComm.Delete
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
3. Press the F5 key to run the code.
Then all comments in current document are converted to footnotes or endnotes immediately based on the VBA code you applied.
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