Bug 67219

Summary:	[VIEWING] Ability to insert Comments for cell ranges / blocks of selected cells in spreadsheets
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	severoraz
Component:	Calc	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	cno, nekohayo
Priority:	medium
Version:	4.0.4.2 release
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Bug Blocks:	101216

Description severoraz 2013-07-23 14:54:22 UTC

This enhancement allows the user to select a block of cells and insert a comment for the selection.

I guess this enhancement request is pretty much analogous to Writer's newly acquired text selection comments (as opposed to single character position comments).

Comment 1 severoraz 2013-07-23 14:56:33 UTC

The analogous bug in Writer is bug #38244.

Comment 2 Cor Nouws 2013-07-23 19:47:18 UTC

Hi,

Thanks for the report!
Can you pls describe the use case for this?
Regards,
Cor

Comment 3 severoraz 2013-07-24 05:46:37 UTC

Well, say perhaps you want to comment a whole table, then you'd use the feature. Or perhaps you were writing a scientific document, and you wanted to point out an important fact about some data in a data table, then you'd select the cells and comment. Or maybe you are organizing an enterprise inventory, and there is some explanation to do about a group of items, then you'd use it again. I think there are many use cases, don't you as well?

Comment 4 Cor Nouws 2013-07-30 20:48:48 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)

> you'd use it again. I think there are many use cases, don't you as well?

Yes, I can think of those too.
But in these situations I would be more tempted to set a comment at the top of a table /  one cell, and write in it that is applies to more cells.
I'm afraid that it becomes looking messy with comments linked over such ranges.
Maybe only me.. ?

But thanks for your reply!