mention function in excel

Question

Hi,

Could you please direct me on how to mention someone in Excel sheet?

Thank you

Shun

[Moved from Excel/For business/Windows]

Answer 1

Hello Shun,

Greetings! Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.

In Excel, you can use the @mention feature in comments to mention someone by using the "@" symbol followed by their name or email address.

• Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your work or school account, and go to a document that's saved in a SharePoint library or OneDrive for work or school.
• Add a comment from the context menu or from Review > New Comment.
• Type @ and the first few letters of the person's first or last name, and then pick the name you want (If they don't already have permission to open the document, you'll be asked to provide that).

Here is a support article for your reference:

Use @mention in comments to tag someone for feedback - Microsoft Support

Feel free to let me know if you have further concerns, I'll be glad to help you further.

If my understanding of the scenario is not consistent with yours, feel free to point it out.

Thanks for your time and cooperation! Have a nice day!

Sincerely,

Tina | Microsoft Community Moderator

Answer 2

Hello Tina,

Thank you very much for the reply.

I have tried adding @ mark in the new comment and inpu the frist few letters of the person I would like to mention, but nothing showed up. I have tried several people who has Microsoft accounts. Is there any setup I need to do before I see the names showing up?

Thank you for the support,

Shun

Hello Shun,

Greetings! Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. We are happy to help you.

In Excel, you can use the @mention feature in comments to mention someone by using the "@" symbol followed by their name or email address.

• Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your work or school account, and go to a document that's saved in a SharePoint library or OneDrive for work or school.
• Add a comment from the context menu or from Review > New Comment.
• Type @ and the first few letters of the person's first or last name, and then pick the name you want (If they don't already have permission to open the document, you'll be asked to provide that).

Here is a support article for your reference:

Use @mention in comments to tag someone for feedback - Microsoft Support

Feel free to let me know if you have further concerns, I'll be glad to help you further.

If my understanding of the scenario is not consistent with yours, feel free to point it out.

 

Thanks for your time and cooperation! Have a nice day!

 

Sincerely,

Tina | Microsoft Community Moderator

Answer 3

Hello Shun,

Thank you for posting back. I appreciate your precious time doing tests and letting me know the result. I'll help you further.

Does it work when you go to Excel Online and try inserting a comment and @mention a user?

If issue only occurs in Excel desktop app, could you share with me your Excel app version?

Please go to File>Account, on the Account page, please capture a full screenshot of Product Information and share it here.

Thanks for your time and cooperation!

Sincerely,

Tina | Microsoft Community Moderator

Answer 4

Hello Tina,

Thank you for the reply. I tried using the @ function on Excel Online but did not work. Apology, the screen shot is in Japanese but hope you can capture the information you are looking for.

Best Regards

Shun

Answer 5

Hello Shun,

Thank you for posting back.

We notice you are using Excel from Office Home and Business 2021. To make sure you get the dedicated assistance, we will help you move this thread to the proper category Microsoft 365 and Office / Excel / For home / Windows. The corresponding engineers will help you troubleshoot the situation further.

Appreciate your patience and understanding and thank you for your time and cooperation.

Sincerely,

Tina | Microsoft Community Moderator