It's Not a Note, It's Not a Comment - And It Won't Go Away

[rjbinney]

Dear Mr. Excel:

I copied a table from a boilerplate Excel template and now I have some weird behavior.

When I click on the cell in the header, a pop-up that looks a lot like a Comment appears to the lower right of the lower right corner. There's no "Comment" indicator in the cell. It does not go away when I move my mouse, until I click on another cell.

I have tried "Clear Comments and Notes" but it does not clear this. (Clear All works, but I'd rather figure out a real fix than the nucular one, if possible).

Thanks,

rjb

 

[GWteB]

Perhaps the following will resolve your issue: click on that particular cell, click on Ribbon > Data > Data Validation > Data Validation. On Input Message tab click Clear All button & OK button.

 

[rjbinney]

Yes. That's exactly what that is. I should have known that - I've certainly put those in other peoples' spreadsheets over the years!

Thanks.

 

[GWteB]

You are welcome and thanks for the follow-up