When inserting Comments in Word Document on Mac, why is the entire word highlighted?

Question

When I try to insert a comment in a sentence - or at end of sentence - on a document I'm writing or editing, a word is highlighted.

Examples below.

Attempt to insert an editorial comment it made at one word [et1] in the entire sentence, you’ll see what happens. The whole word is highlighted. 

And here's attest to insert comment at end of sentence[et2] ? 

Which is also confusing.

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[et1]Is there a better ‘word’ for word? [et2]Same issue

Answer 1

All I can tell you is that it is a design decision for which the UI provides no control. My guess is that it is designed this way in order to provide an accurate indication of what the comment pertains to.

I'm not sure what it is that you might prefer but don't hesitate to submit your suggestion/feature request to the development team by using Help> Feedback in Word's main menu.

FWIW you can select as little as a single character [even a single space or period] in order to have the highlight applied only to it.

As for the location, in my experience the initials always are placed at where the insertion point (cursor) is at the time the Comment is created or immediately following the selected passage..

Answer 2

Thank you so much, Bob, for your thoughtful response.

My work around is to place am x where the comment is to go,,, but going back through 30,000 words and picking out x is no fun...but better the alternative.

The other thing that is odd: When I work on someone else's laptop/desktop, this never happens!

I'l persist but I really am thinking Pages would easier..

We'll see.