Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Counting Comments in a Worksheet.
Sanjib would like to get a count of all the comments in a worksheet. Unfortunately, Excel doesn't include a function that allows you to access this information. You can, however, get the value manually by using this process:
Figure 1. The Go To Special dialog box.
If you want to get the number of comments and place it into a cell, then you need to use a macro to create a user-defined function.
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: 
Function CountComments(rCell As Range)
Application.Volatile
CountComments = rCell.Parent.Comments.Count
End Function
This function grabs the value of the Count property for the Comments collection. It is then returned by the function to the worksheet. To use it in your worksheet, enter a formula such as the following:
=CountComments(A1)
The cell address you use in the formula is unimportant; it should simply reference a cell on the worksheet for which you want the count.
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2020-05-06 01:50:12
HARISH GUPTA M.R
'Codes to count no of comments in a activesheet
Function CountComments1()
CountComments1 = ActiveSheet.Comments.Count
End Function
'Codes to count no of comments in a range
Function CountComment2(rCell As Range)
Dim cl
On Error Resume Next
CountComment2 = 0
For Each cl In rCell
If cl.Comment.Shape.Top < 0 Then
Else
CountComment2 = CountComment2 + 1
End If
Next cl
On Error GoTo 0
End Function
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