Like👍button now in Word Comments

Office-Watch.comLast updated: 20 June 2023

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Comments in Word documents can now have a quick response from others just by clicking a ‘Like’👍button. Why just one button when other Microsoft apps have more?

Instead of writing a short reply adding to a Word comment thread, you can now just click a Like👍button on an existing comment or reply.

Each comment/reply has a Like button added to the top-right of the comment box. Click on the button to Like the comment or reply. Click again to reverse the Like.

Until that happens, you can add the Thumbs Up👍emoji in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook in any comment text.

How many likes and from whom are listed under the thumbs up button.

At the moment, other Word programs can’t ‘see’ the Like button, just the comment appears. Here’s the same liked comment from above, but open in Word 365 for Windows.

Some older documents with comments won’t have a Like button but newly created comments in the same doc will.

Why just a Like button?

Why are we only offered a ‘Like’👍button? A single option might have been acceptable a few years ago but these days, customers expect more quick response options.

As well as Like / Thumbs Up, there should also be Dislike/Thumbs Down at the very least.

Why isn’t Word consistent with Microsoft’s own Teams? Teams has SIX quick response icons. Thumbs Up👍, Heart💓, Smiling Face😄, Wow😲, frown☹️ and angry😠.

Microsoft Teams chat, quick response options.

We don’t understand why Teams doesn’t have a simple Thumbs Down 👎to match Like/Thumbs Up👍. But at least there are more choices than in Word.

Other apps like WhatsApp and Facebook have more quick response buttons, though neither have ‘Thumbs Down’. Twitter has a single Like button but they are working on expanding the choices.