using comments Gail C 12/14/2008 4:41:00 PM New user here so I apologize if this has been answered somewhere that i have not yet found. In XP one could add comments that meant something to the user about the file. It is available but most all files don't present a "summary" tab as was available in XP. In Vista SP1 how does one access the function to save a comment about the file .- I copied most of my files from the old desktop where most/many had the comments even *.pdf files.- thank you for your help

Re: using comments "Gordon" <gordonbparker[ at ]yahoo.com.invalid> 12/14/2008 5:35:02 PM "Gail C" <gailc0279[ at ]gmail.com.donotspam> wrote in message news:7933AE55-9263-4A6A-9909-D522B2E3BB26[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > New user here so I apologize if this has been answered somewhere that i > have > not yet found. In XP one could add comments that meant something to the > user > about the file. It is available but most all files don't present a > "summary" > tab as was available in XP. In Vista SP1 how does one access the function > to > save a comment about the file .- I copied most of my files from the old > desktop where most/many had the comments even *.pdf files.- > thank you for your help Right-click on the file in Explorer, choose Properties and select the Details Tab. You can add comments there... -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s)

Re: using comments Gail C 12/18/2008 3:45:01 PM "Gordon" wrote: [Quoted Text] > "Gail C" <gailc0279[ at ]gmail.com.donotspam> wrote in message > news:7933AE55-9263-4A6A-9909-D522B2E3BB26[ at ]microsoft.com... > > New user here so I apologize if this has been answered somewhere that i > > have > > not yet found. In XP one could add comments that meant something to the > > user > > about the file. It is available but most all files don't present a > > "summary" > > tab as was available in XP. In Vista SP1 how does one access the function > > to > > save a comment about the file .- I copied most of my files from the old > > desktop where most/many had the comments even *.pdf files.- > > thank you for your help > > > Right-click on the file in Explorer, choose Properties and select the > Details Tab. You can add comments there... > > -- > Asking a question? > Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, > your OS, Service Pack level > and the FULL contents of any error message(s) > > Most often the details tab is completely filled in. Where File Description of some is not filled in, even if i try right cliking or left cliking no field becomes available to type anything into it. At the bar of a window there are columns labelled FileName; Size; Type; etc one can add another column called Comments. In Xp after cliking Properties on a file one could type in info about the file. I have the Comments column available but cannot find how to type info into because it does not appear when you clik on Properties. So are we talking of the same thing? thanks Gail

Re: using comments "Gordon" <gordonbparker[ at ]yahoo.com.invalid> 12/18/2008 4:03:35 PM "Gail C" <Gail C[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:764A340F-6ADF-4421-BBE8-7DC55F93590A[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >> > Most often the details tab is completely filled in. Where File Description > of some is not filled in, even if i try right cliking or left cliking no > field becomes available to type anything into it. On the Details Tab, click just to the right of Comments: A box appears to type in your Comments. These Comments appear in Windows Explorer when you enable the Comments column. So there's two stages - enable the Comments Column in WE and right-click-properties-details on the file. > > At the bar of a window there are columns labelled FileName; Size; Type; > etc > one can add another column called Comments. In Xp after cliking Properties > on > a file one could type in info about the file. I have the Comments column > available but cannot find how to type info into because it does not appear > when you clik on Properties. > So are we talking of the same thing? > > thanks > Gail -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s)

Re: using comments Gail C 12/23/2008 11:44:07 AM Well I did the first stage and the comments that carried over from XP were there. I can edit them in a window that appears below the directory and filename panes. If I click on Properties|Details there is nothing there called Comments that I can edit. It seems there are certain filenames that will not allow comments. so far I have identified those to be *.rtf; *.pdf another annoyance is that every filename pane in Windows Explorer must have the Comments column added. Is there any way to have the Comments column added to every filename pane of all directories? thanks for your help Gail "Gordon" wrote: [Quoted Text] > "Gail C" <Gail C[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:764A340F-6ADF-4421-BBE8-7DC55F93590A[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> > > Most often the details tab is completely filled in. Where File Description > > of some is not filled in, even if i try right cliking or left cliking no > > field becomes available to type anything into it. > > On the Details Tab, click just to the right of Comments: A box appears to > type in your Comments. These Comments appear in Windows Explorer when you > enable the Comments column. > So there's two stages - enable the Comments Column in WE and > right-click-properties-details on the file. > > > > > At the bar of a window there are columns labelled FileName; Size; Type; > > etc > > one can add another column called Comments. In Xp after cliking Properties > > on > > a file one could type in info about the file. I have the Comments column > > available but cannot find how to type info into because it does not appear > > when you clik on Properties. > > So are we talking of the same thing? > > > > thanks > > Gail > > > > -- > Asking a question? > Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, > your OS, Service Pack level > and the FULL contents of any error message(s) > >