Notes and comments within the template

Comments are notes, accessed from the Review tab, embedded in the text that appear in Word’s document margins. Within the scope of Harvard’s Thesis Template, they are usually there to help you understand a feature of the template in order to use it more effectively.

Show/hide comments

Comment view is on by default, but in case you don’t see them, you can show comments by clicking on the Review tab, then clicking on the Show Comments button in the Comments pane. Hide the comments by clicking on the button again.

Delete a comment

• Right-click the comment and choose Delete Comment from the contextual menu; or
• Select the comment and click on the Delete button in the Comments pane of the Review tab; or
• Delete the text containing the comment reference.

Delete all comments

Select a comment, then click and hold the Delete button in the Comments pane, then choose Delete All Comments in Document from the menu.