# Change the appearance of comments

| To change the appearance of an individual comment, such as its color, right-click the comment, and choose Properties from the context menu. Specify the appearance options that you want.
| To change the default appearance for a type of comment, such as notes or highlights, right-click the comment, and choose Make Current Properties Default from the context menu. All subsequent comments that you create of that type will have the new properties.

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