You can change the style of the text in Notes / Comments by using HTML syntax (like bold or italic).

Several hotkeys are available make this easier.

Notes IconYou can use any valid HTML syntax in the notes.

Bold Text

Hotkey: CTRL + B

Wraps the selected text with <b> ... </b> tags to display it in bold on the worksheet.

Using bold text in your comments

Italic Text

Hotkey: CTRL + I

Wraps the selected text with <i> ... </i> tags and displays it in italic on the worksheet.

Using italic text in your comments

Text Colour

Hotkey: CTRL + F

Wraps the selected text with <font color="#nnnnnn"> ... </font> tags and displays it in your chosen colour on the worksheet.

Notes Icon#nnnnnn is the hexadecimal HTML colour code but you can also use colour descriptions like Red, Blue or Green.

Text Colour

Pressing CTRL + F will display this Colour Selection window:

Colour Selection Window

There are three ways to select the colour you want:

  • Click on any of the standard colours and click OK.
  • Click Select to pick an existing colour from somewhere on the display and then click OK. See:

Pick an existing colour

  • Select the Custom tab to manually specify the colour to use and then click OK. See:

Colours window Custom tab