What you need to know:
Microsoft are rolling out a new comments experience in Word with improved keyboard shortcuts as well as improved @mentions and notifications. This experience unifies how comments work across Word, Excel, and PPT.
What you need to do:
When this has rolled out you will see the modern comments experience, which allows you to @mention and post comments. Co-authors cannot see your comments before they are complete. You can even respond to comments directly from an email notification.
The new experience shows comments to the right of the page by default. This default focused view hides all resolved comments so you can focus on active comments. The Comments button in the upper right corner of your Word window lets you switch to the Comments pane. This shows all comments in the document including resolved comments:
Availability
This feature rollout will begin February for some users and April 2021 for most of us.
Links
Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 76186
Learn more: Using modern comments in Word
