Thanks Gary, that worked, much appreciated.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Usually
Insert Comment will allow a comment box to appear. If
Insert Comment is grey'ed out, it may mean the cell in protected.


Normally you should remove protection on both the worksheet and the cells
within it.
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200721


"Paul RVT" wrote:

I have been trying to use the cell comment function in the prinstalled
version of excel 2000 on my Packade Bell purchased from Compter world. This
is blanked out in the menu option. Have I got a duff copy, need to enable the
function somehow or need to upgrage? ta Paul