Word 2002 and 2003 include a command on the Reviewing toolbar that deletes all the comments in a document. For users of earlier versions of Word, this hack does the same thing.

Comments let one or more reviewers comment on the text of a document without interfering with the content of the document. But once you finish editing or reviewing a document, getting rid of those comments can be a hassle.

To quickly delete a single comment, right-click its reference and choose Delete Comment from the shortcut menu. But if you’re facing dozens or hundreds of comments, deleting each one in turn will take you quite a while.

Another method for deleting comments is to use Find and Replace. Select Edit->Replace and do the following:-

1) Leave the Find What box empty.

2) Click the Format button, choose Style, and select the Comment Reference style. (Don’t see the Format button? Click the More button to make it visible.)

3) Leave the Replace With box empty.

4) Click the Replace All button.

But occasionally some comments just won’t go quietly, so a VBA macro is your best bet for quickly getting rid of them.