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Fixes #18709
Follow-up of #11311

Summary of the issue:

In Excel (legacy), when entering a cell with a note, Excel reports "Has comment". This is confusing since there are new threaded comment types in newer Excel versions.

It was listed as a known issue of #11311.

It's worth noting that with Excel UIA, NVDA already reports "Has note" in this case.

Description of user facing changes:

When moving the focus on a cell with a note, Excel now reports "Has note". It is consistent with NVDA's interface and User Guide which mention note everywhere else.

Description of developer facing changes:

N/A

Description of development approach:

Use the new HASNOTE state introduced since then instead of the HASCOMMENT state, as done for UIA.

Testing strategy:

Manual check that "has note" is reported with cells having a note on:

• Excel 2021 LTSC, without collaborative threaded comments
• Excel 365, with collaborative threaded comment feature (should be unrelated anyway)

Known issues with pull request:

Excel reports "has note" on older versions where notes were called comments.

Code Review Checklist:

• Documentation:
  • Change log entry
  • User Documentation
  • Developer / Technical Documentation
  • Context sensitive help for GUI changes
• Testing:
  • Unit tests
  • System (end to end) tests
  • Manual testing
• UX of all users considered:
  • Speech
  • Braille
  • Low Vision
  • Different web browsers
  • Localization in other languages / culture than English
• API is compatible with existing add-ons.
• Security precautions taken.