Last Updated: August 30, 2019
ISSUE
If you have customized Excel's right-click context menu (possibly using an add-in), you may discover that the New Comment, and New Note options are missing after you update Office.
STATUS: WORKAROUND
To fix this, reset your customized context menus using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications).
Follow these steps to implement the workaround:
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Open the Visual Basic Editor (VBE) by pressing Alt+F11.
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Insert a new module from Insert > Module.
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Copy and paste the following code into the empty module pane on the right:
Sub ShowButtonsAgain()
Dim bar As CommandBar
For Each bar In Application.CommandBars
bar.Reset
Next
End Sub -
Press F5 to run the code.
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Exit back to Excel by pressing Alt+Q, and verify that the Comment and Note options have been restored.
If the issue recurs, then you can create a reusable procedure:
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Follow steps 1-5 above.
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Save the workbook in a convenient location where you can quickly access it if needed. Alternately, you can save it in Excel's Personal Macro Workbook if you always want to have the procedure available.
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