Opening the Toolbar

Your file is ready to work with and you are ready to make a comment. The steps to insert a comment are the same as the steps from Microsoft Word 2003.

The most important step comes first. The Review Ribbon at the top of the screen must be open the whole time.

**Ribbons are the horizontal opening tabs at the top of the screen in word that allow the user to edit something in the document. Until it is changed, the user always starts out in the Home Ribbon (This is where users can edit font, spacing, etc. You will notice that the user knows which Ribbon is open by which tab is a different color. The Home Ribbon is open in the following example.

The Home Ribbon looks like this.



The Review Ribbon (the one you will need open to do all your work with comments) looks like this