TestStand 4.0 Sequence Editor Comments

We are in the process of upgrading from TestStand 3.5 to 4.0.
We use mostly Custom Steps and the Comments in the steps are used as "Help" instructions for each Custom Step Type.
In TestStand 4.0, the comments show up in the Sequence Editor and for us are mostly repeatative.
Is there a way to suppress the comments from showing up on the Sequence Editor but still allow reading them in the Step properties?
I searched through the Station Options and other system configuration options but can't find anything.
Mike

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Kingme wrote:
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Problem Signature 05: 3.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 4f350630
Problem Signature 07: 6263
Problem Signature 08: e1
Problem Signature 09: System.Windows.Markup.XamlParse
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4
Locale ID: 1033
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