Microsoft Word: Change the Font Face and Size in Comments

Contributed by MickeyMouse October 15, 2005  
Tagged: Microsoft Office

When editing documents for others, the comments feature of Word can be very useful. However, the small black on red text is painful. Here’s how to change the appearance of the comments

Change the Comments Style:

1. Open Word
2. Click Format menu
3. Click Styles and Formatting
4. At the very bottom of the Formatting sidebar is a dropdown box. Select custom for this dropdown.
5. Check Balloon Text (Not Comment Text)
6. Click OK
7. Select Balloon Text in the Formatting sidebar
8. Click Modify
9. Now you can select the font face, style, and color you want for your comments.
10 Click OK