Using the controls in the dialog box, specify how you want your comment text to appear.The Modify Style dialog box for the Comment Text style. Word displays the Modify Style dialog box. Hover the mouse pointer over the style name, and then click on the down-arrow that appears at the right side of the style name.Scroll through the list of styles until you see the Comment Text style.Click OK to close the Style Pane Options dialog box.Using the Select How List is Sorted drop-down list, choose Alphabetical.Using the Select Styles to Show drop-down list, choose All Styles.Excel displays the Style Pane Options dialog box. Click Options at the bottom of the pane.2Ĝlick the small icon at the bottom-right of the Styles group.To change how the text in your comments are formatted, follow these steps: Change the way the style is defined, and you change how your comments appear. She wonders if there is a way to change the default font style and size for the comments.Īs with many other formatting-related issues in Word, you can control how your comments appear based on built-in styles. Phyllis has been using the Comments tab (on the Review tab of the ribbon) to correct student papers for her class.