EXCEPT, and here we may tear our hair out a little, this IS where we change the text size in the comment box.
See below for how to change the text in the comment balloon. Why? Because it’s Word, and we are changing, very specifically, information about the Comment Balloon itself. only apply themselves to the heading of the comment text, where it says “Comment: L1”. Note: As we will see, the changes in colour, font and italics etc. I’m going to change the font size, font, orientation and colour of the comment box heading, and the size of the text: You’ll notice lots of other options (blue circle) to change the spacing, etc. Once you’ve got the list into alphabetical order, it’s relatively easy to find Balloon Text (note: not Comment text) and you will see that it then confirms how you have your text set up (blue circle).Ĭlick the Modify button … Now you can change your font and font size. When you first open this window, the sort order is in what Word thinks is a useful order: As Recommended – click on the down arrowto change it to Alphabetical: Click on the rightmost button: Manage Styles to bring up the next box: Manage Styles. Now, ignore all of it except the three buttons at the bottom. Using either of these methods, you will bring up the Styles dialogue box.
To change the font and colour of the actual paragraph of text in the balloon AND/OR the size of all of the text in the comment balloon: Styles – Comment text.To change the size, font, colour etc.of the heading (Comment M2 etc) AND/OR the size of all text in the comment balloon: Styles – Balloon text.
To be honest, the main reason for doing this is if something goes wrong. Why would I want to customise my comment balloons? Here are general instructions on customising your comment boxes (or balloons, as they are officially called) in Word. A lot of people find this blog when they’re trying to sort out specific problems with their comment boxes ( comment boxes suddenly going tiny, or comment box text running in the wrong direction, changing the language in your comment balloons).