XLSX

Comments

Add comments and notes to cells

Adding Comments

Add comments (legacy notes in Excel) to cells in a worksheet:

{
  "worksheets": [
    {
      "name": "With Comments",
      "rows": [
        { "cells": [{ "value": "Product" }, { "value": "Price" }, { "value": "Stock" }] },
        { "cells": [{ "value": "Widget A" }, { "value": 9.99 }, { "value": 150 }] },
        { "cells": [{ "value": "Widget B" }, { "value": 14.99 }, { "value": 75 }] },
        { "cells": [{ "value": "Widget C" }, { "value": 24.99 }, { "value": 0 }] }
      ],
      "comments": [
        { "cell": "B2", "author": "Alice", "text": "Discounted from 12.99" },
        { "cell": "C3", "author": "Bob", "text": "Reorder soon" },
        { "cell": "C4", "author": "Alice", "text": "Out of stock!" }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Comment Options Reference

OptionTypeDescription
cellstringCell reference, e.g. "B2"
authorstringComment author
textstringComment text content
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