Odd problem with Word 2000 Comments

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I'm having an odd problem with Word 2000 comments (which I use lot in
editing work). If I delete a comment marker in the text (when the query
is resolved), it disappears from the text of course plus *sometimes* it
removes it from the comments list at the end of the document, and the
comments numbers move up to suit. But *sometimes* although the comment
correctly disappears from the text, it stays in the comments list and
although the comment itself in that list can be edited away, the
reference number can't. This only happens sometimes. Any ideas?
 
Are you using "Delete Comment" to remove the comment, or are you just
selecting text around the marker and pressing Delete?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Hi Suzanne

I've tried both deleting the comment marker from the text (usually requires
pressing delete twice) and that *sometimes* removes it from the text and the
comments panel (and renumbers the others). And also by clicking on the delete
comments icon on the review toolbar (whih is *sometimes* greyed out). I
currently have a 55,000 word book, which had about sixty comments. I
successfully deleted forty and twenty remain in the comments page (despite all
my efforts), though not in the text. If I click in the comments box on any one
it automatiucally goes to the text where it was but nohting is shown there...
Peculiar, and I'd like to clear this up.

I have one other wierd happening. This full length book file seems to keep
changing unexpectedly in file size, as I edit. For example, in one edit run I
might find and correct just a word or two. The filesize then reported may be up
(or down!) 9K. Often it goes down when I'm sure I've added and vice versa!
 
If you're ready to ditch them all, is there a Delete All Comments in
Document command in Word 2000? That's very helpful in Word 2002/2003. It's
also possible that the document may be borderline corrupt, so you might want
to keep an eye on it.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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