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Clear-OfficeExcelComment

Aliases: ExcelCommentClear
Module PSWriteOffice
Aliases
ExcelCommentClear
Inputs
OfficeIMO.Excel.ExcelDocument
Outputs
System.Int32

Clears legacy worksheet comments (notes) that match a filter.

Syntax

Clear-OfficeExcelComment [-Address <String>] [-All] [-Author <String>] [-PassThru] [-Range <String>] [-Sheet <String>] [-SheetIndex <Int32>] [-TextContains <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
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Parameter set: Context
Clear-OfficeExcelComment [-Address <String>] [-All] [-Author <String>] [-PassThru] [-Path] <String> [-Range <String>] [-Sheet <String>] [-SheetIndex <Int32>] [-TextContains <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
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Parameter set: Path
Clear-OfficeExcelComment [-Address <String>] [-All] [-Author <String>] -Document <ExcelDocument> [-PassThru] [-Range <String>] [-Sheet <String>] [-SheetIndex <Int32>] [-TextContains <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
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Parameter set: Document

Examples

Authored help example

Clear comments containing review text.

$removed = Clear-OfficeExcelComment -Path .\Report.xlsx -Sheet Data -TextContains review -Confirm:$false -PassThru
Get-OfficeExcelCommentAudit -Path .\Report.xlsx -IncludeComments |
    Select-Object LegacyCommentCount, ThreadedCommentCount

Removes matching comments and saves the workbook.

Parameters

-Address String optional
A1 cell address to match.
-All SwitchParameter optional
Allow clearing all comments on the selected worksheet(s) when no filter is supplied.
-Author String optional
Comment author to match, ignoring case.
-PassThru SwitchParameter optional
Returns the number of comments cleared.
-Range String optional
A1 cell or range to match.
-Sheet String optional
Worksheet name to update. Defaults to the current DSL sheet or all workbook sheets.
-SheetIndex Int32 optional
Worksheet index (0-based) to update. Defaults to the current DSL sheet or all workbook sheets.
-TextContains String optional
Text fragment to match, ignoring case.
-Path String requiredposition: 0aliases: FilePath, InputPathsets: Path
Workbook path to update.
-Document ExcelDocument requiredpipeline: True (ByValue)sets: Document
Workbook to update outside the DSL context.

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.