With Excel go online and becomes Excel for Microsoft 365, it comes with a new way to cooperate called Threaded Comments.

What are Threaded Comments and Notes

Threaded Comments is a discussion that people can create, reply and solve, so in some way it works like a todo task that need discussion.
Notes is the name for the comments on ealier (desktop) versions of Excel. And it is like a “one-direction” message that you want others to notice, and they can’t reply.


Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel for Desktop
Threaded Comments Create, Read, Reply, Delete and Solve ReadOnly and Delete
Notes Create, Read, Delete and Transform to Threaded Comments Read, Create and Delete

Threaded Comments

Comments among people that threaded up.
Comments - 图1

Notes

Little yellow background note with an arrow point to a cell.
Others can add more text below your previous, but there no way to tell others’ modification unless others add their names and modify time.
Comments - 图2

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