Comments vs. Notes in Microsoft Excel: What's the Difference?

Don't get overwhelmed by annotations in Excel.

Comments vs. Notes in Microsoft Excel: What's the Difference?

While Microsoft Excel's comments and notes tools both let you annotate a cell, they serve different purposes, work in diverse ways, and vary in how they look on a printed Excel worksheet. In this guide, I'll show you how to use them before summarizing their similarities and differences.