Always show comment when a cell is selected in Excel

By default, a cell comment will display when the cursor hovers over the cell, and hide immediately when the cursor leaves. If you want Excel to always display the comment window when the cell is selected, how can you achieve it? Here the Always Show Comment utility of Kutools for Excel can help to always show comment window when a cell is selected.

Always show comment when cell is selected

Enable the utility by clicking Kutools > Show & Hide > Always Show Comment. See screenshot:

Always show comment when cell is selected

Please do as follows to always show comment when a cell is selected with the Always Show Comment utility of Kutools for Excel.

Click Kutools > Show & Hide > Always Show Comment to enable the feature.

From now on, when clicking on a cell containing a comment, the comment window will always display until you clicking on another cell.

Always show comment when cell is selected

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