There is a proper work around for this by using the elements list in Word browse mode. I think this can be closed.

@Qchristensen Could you please share any thoughts you may have about the work-around @LeonarddeR hints at in #4336 (comment) with reference to the this ticket?

My two thoughts on this are:

• ideally, NVDA+alt+c should read the comment and any replies to that comment, so unless there is a technical block on being able to implement this, I'd personally be inclined to leave it open. Someone looking for comments can find the original comment in the text, but there is no indication that there is a reply aside from using the elements list.
• The elements list is useful as it can show the "thread" if there is more than one comment. I don't like that you can move between annotations with A (then read each with NVDA+alt+c ) and get an incomplete list compared to what is found in the elements list. Ideally, they should be the same, just as if you press H you move through the same list of headings and in the elements list.
• Instead of reading "Has comment", where there are replies, the indication should be "has multiple comments". I thought of "has comments" but it's a very subtle difference, particularly while NVDA+alt+c doesn't read all the attached comments.

I belief it would be very handy as well to allow nvda+alt+c pressed twice to view the comment and associated replies in a browsable message.

cc: @michaelDCurran, @paulber007 your thoughts are very apreciated here. Thanks.

@LeonarddeR or shift+f2 which brings an overlay dialog like in MS Excel.