From: Stefan Blom on
> Balloons were introduced in Word 2002.

That would have been my guess, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for confirming!

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Balloons were introduced in Word 2002.
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> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
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> "Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:OrkEIX%23ALHA.6116(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Which options were chosen? Did you try changing any of them?
>>
>> No, the file format doesn't make a difference. Word 2003 (and possibly also
>> Word 2002) also supported balloons.
>>
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>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
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>>
>>
>> "DNGRE" <DNGRE(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6EF35CDB-23AD-46C8-88CC-453957784794(a)microsoft.com...
>>>I tried your suggestion and was unable to get my comments to display as
>>> balloons on the screen. Would the fact that I am reviewing the document in
>>> compatibility mode (i.e., a .doc file instead of a .docx file) make any
>>> difference? Thanks for whatever help you can provide.
>>>
>>> "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hmm, I can't reproduce what you are seeing. At Review tab | Track Changes |
>>>> Change Tracking Options, have you tried changing the settings for
>>>> "Preferred
>>>> width" and "Paper orientation in printing"?
>>>>
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>>>> Stefan Blom
>>>> Microsoft Word MVP
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "DNGRE" <DNGRE(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:C8076B58-20F1-4390-8440-6BFFDAF9254F(a)microsoft.com...
>>>> >I am currently reviewing a document in Word 2007 and have encountered a
>>>> > problem displaying my comments. Tables are utilized extensively
>>>> > throughout
>>>> > the document and the document has multiple sections. Some sections are
>>>> > in
>>>> > portrait format and others are in landscape format. I am able to insert
>>>> > comments in balloons in the first (portrait-formatted section), however
>>>> > when
>>>> > I try to insert a comment in a landscaped sections, it looks like I lose
>>>> > the
>>>> > ability to insert ballooned comments. After that, the only way to
>>>> > display
>>>> > the comments is through the review pane, which shows the comments
>>>> > horizontally or vertically. The problem is I don't want to display the
>>>> > comments in the review pane. I only want to display my comments in
>>>> > balloons.
>>>> > Why can't I display them in balloons??? It's very frustrating.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>>
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