How can I automatically convert all comments in a word 2010 document to footnotes?
AFAIK there's no build-in functionality, but it's an easy task for a VBA macro (which i've found here):
Sub comment2footnote()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim oDoc As Document, oComment As Comment
Set oDoc = ActiveDocument
For Each oComment In ActiveDocument.Comments
oDoc.Footnotes.Add Range:=oComment.Scope, Text:=oComment.Range.Text
oComment.Delete
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
This will insert footnotes for each comment, copying the comment's text and removing the comment afterwards.