try this Sub Comment_To_Content() 'pastes the comments in a range as cell 'contents in another range Dim C As Range 'the selected range Dim UserRng As Range ' the receiving range Dim dest As Long, RwNum As Long Dim content As Variant, response As Variant
'PRELIMINARIES Dim A_WSF As Object Set A_WSF = Application.WorksheetFunction 'STEP 1 ENSURE USER HAS A RANGE SELECTED If Selection.Cells.Count < 1 Then Exit Sub End If 'STEP 2 ASK USER TO SPECIFY THE OUTPUT LOCATION content = "Choose the column which is to receive the comments." content = content & Chr(10) & Chr(10) & "They will overwrite any current entries" content = content & Chr(10) & Chr(10) & "They will appear on the SAME ROW as the comment." Title = "OUTPUT LOCATION" On Error Resume Next ' in case a range does not get selected 'The use of the "Set" statement assigns the output to the selected ActiveCell Set UserRng = Application.InputBox(prompt:=content, Title:=Title, _ Default:=ActiveCell.Address, Type:=8) '"Type 8" means a Range result. If UserRng Is Nothing Then 'input was box cancelled MsgBox "Operation cancelled by user" Exit Sub ' Rev A End If On Error GoTo 0 dest = UserRng.Column 'this is the column that gets the comments 'STEP 3 CHECK USER HAS SELECTED A COLUMN AWAY FROM THE DATA If Selection.Column = dest Then ' same column was chosen content = "You have chosen the same column that your data is in !" content = content & Chr(10) & "Your comments will overwrite your data !" content = content & Chr(10) & "Are you SURE you want to do this?" response = MsgBox(content, 20, " PLEASE EXPLAIN !") If response <> 6 Then 'user chose something other than YES Exit Sub End If End If 'STEP 4 OBTAIN THE COMMENT AND INSERT IN THE CORRESPONDING ROW OF THE SELECTED COLUMN. On Error Resume Next 'There may be no comments to paste For Each C In Selection RwNum = C.Row content = "" 'clear down the variable (just in case) content = C.Comment.Text If Len(content) > 0 Then 'don't insert a blank if there was no comment Cells(RwNum, dest).Formula = A_WSF.Clean(content) End If Next C On Error GoTo 0 'CONCLUSION response = MsgBox("FINISHED", vbOKOnly, "COPY COMMENTS") End Sub On Jun 29, 2:01 pm, Heather <galo...@comcast.net> wrote: > I would like to extract comments and paste it next to the cell. > > For example: > The comment in cell A1 would be pasted in B1 > The comment in cell A2 would be pasted in B2 > until the bottom row of the data. > > If this possible or does the fact that comments are objects prohibit > this? > > Any help is appreciated - I am trying to make sense of data where > comments were overused! > > Thanks! > > Heather -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel