diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index a90a67ab4..a567fee85 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 **Stage: alpha** · next: beta, ~15 points (60% → 75% ready for real work) and ~150–230 h away
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-14 · **Change:** trivial (progress log: a press on the ribbon no longer scrolls the document, #1019; previously trivial: title rename and account settings; previously trivial: progress log: Down and Up no longer skip a table, #1007; previously trivial: progress log: privacy options on save, #1062; previously trivial: progress log: equation pictures in theme colours on Windows, #1002; previously trivial: symbol fonts, #776; previously trivial: the save prompt answers from the keyboard, #861; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw tab ink, #307, and Draw Table and Eraser, #303, landed: catalog 402/434; previously minor: readiness table with hours per audience; full number back to the additive weighted sum, 60%; mainstream and essentials numbers added; alpha gate checked; previously major: full re-measure against Word for Mac 16.113.4; restructured to the craftrules progress-docs standard) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-14 · **Change:** trivial (progress log: clicking in a comment's text moves its caret, #1013; previously trivial: progress log: a press on the ribbon no longer scrolls the document, #1019; previously trivial: title rename and account settings; previously trivial: progress log: Down and Up no longer skip a table, #1007; previously trivial: progress log: privacy options on save, #1062; previously trivial: progress log: equation pictures in theme colours on Windows, #1002; previously trivial: symbol fonts, #776; previously trivial: the save prompt answers from the keyboard, #861; previously trivial: table column and row markers on the rulers, #700; previously trivial: table borders and the resize handle drag on the page, #217; previously trivial: formatting revisions landed, #41; previously trivial: Draw tab ink, #307, and Draw Table and Eraser, #303, landed: catalog 402/434; previously minor: readiness table with hours per audience; full number back to the additive weighted sum, 60%; mainstream and essentials numbers added; alpha gate checked; previously major: full re-measure against Word for Mac 16.113.4; restructured to the craftrules progress-docs standard) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
 
 > **Printing update:** 2026-10-12 · direct desktop printing through craft-print; details below.
 
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ Ranked, to beta (detail and remaining milestones in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadm
 
 | Date | What landed |
 |---|---|
+| 2026-10-12 | Clicking inside a selected comment's balloon moves the caret in its text (#1013); the click used to leave the balloon, so the caret could only be moved with the arrow keys. A press on any balloon now belongs to the balloon, not the page behind it |
 | 2026-10-12 | Page background pictures and textures (Design › Page Color › Fill Effects) are drawn (tiled or stretched) and kept on save instead of being dropped from the package (#999); PDF export paints them too |
 | 2026-10-12 | Holding a click on the ribbon or toolbar no longer scrolls the document up (#1019): a double-click in the header or footer area left a text drag running, so the next press anywhere drove the edge auto-scroll; a drag now ends with the button, wherever it's released |
 | 2026-10-12 | Tracked insertions and deletions inside a field result (a `=SUM(ABOVE)` subtotal) are kept as revisions: Accept All and Reject All act on them and a save writes the `w:del` back (#1037) |
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ Ranked, to beta (detail and remaining milestones in [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadm
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-12 | trivial | Progress log: clicking in a comment's text moves its caret (#1013) |
 | 2026-10-12 | trivial | Progress log: a press on the ribbon no longer scrolls the document (#1019) |
 | 2026-10-12 | trivial | Progress log: Ctrl+drag copies an object (#1014) |
 | 2026-10-12 | trivial | Document title opens Rename Document; the account badge opens Options › General for user name and initials. |
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index e41b1837c..7512a564e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -1248,10 +1248,12 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut WordApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     // the scroll area is built, so it reads last frame's viewport.
     app.canvas.viewport = Some(out.inner_rect);
     let (resp, rects) = out.inner;
-    // A click on the page leaves the selected comment balloon; a click inside a balloon (its
-    // Delete or Resolve button, say) does not (#1085).
-    let in_balloon = ui.input(|i| i.pointer.interact_pos()).is_some_and(|p| app.canvas.balloon_rects.iter().any(|(_, r)| r.contains(p)));
-    if app.canvas.balloon.is_some() && ui.input(|i| i.pointer.any_pressed()) && resp.contains_pointer() && !in_balloon {
+    // A click on the page leaves the selected comment balloon.
+    if app.canvas.balloon.is_some()
+        && ui.input(|i| i.pointer.any_pressed())
+        && resp.contains_pointer()
+        && !ui.input(|i| i.pointer.latest_pos()).is_some_and(|p| over_balloon(app, p))
+    {
         deselect_balloon(app, ui.ctx());
     }
     // Space and Enter also set `Response::clicked` on a focused click-sensing widget
@@ -1710,6 +1712,11 @@ pub fn select_balloon(app: &mut WordApp, ctx: &egui::Context, id: u32) {
     app.canvas.balloon_h = 0.0;
 }
 
+/// A press over a balloon card belongs to the card, though the canvas under it also contains the pointer (#1013).
+fn over_balloon(app: &WordApp, p: Pos2) -> bool {
+    app.canvas.balloon_rects.iter().any(|(_, r)| r.contains(p))
+}
+
 /// Leave the selected balloon, writing back what was typed in it (its fields may not be drawn
 /// again to notice they lost focus).
 pub fn deselect_balloon(app: &mut WordApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
@@ -1888,7 +1895,7 @@ fn mouse(app: &mut WordApp, ui: &Ui, resp: &egui::Response, rects: &[Rect], layo
         let _ = app.run("select.paragraph", json!({}));
         return;
     }
-    let pressed = ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_pressed()) && resp.contains_pointer();
+    let pressed = ui.input(|i| i.pointer.primary_pressed()) && resp.contains_pointer() && !over_balloon(app, p);
     if pressed {
         let now = ui.input(|i| i.time);
         let (delay, dist) = ui.ctx().options(|o| (o.input_options.max_double_click_delay, o.input_options.max_click_dist));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 8682ada1f..3f63d2710 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -3153,6 +3153,63 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!a.session.sel.is_collapsed(), "the drag left a selection");
     }
 
+    /// #1013: a press inside the selected comment's balloon (to move the caret in its text) left
+    /// the balloon, because the canvas under it also "contained" the pointer.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_press_inside_the_selected_comment_keeps_it_selected() {
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        let mut a = app();
+        a.run("text.insert", json!({"text": "Some text to comment on. ".repeat(40)})).unwrap();
+        a.run("select.word", json!({})).unwrap();
+        a.run("review.newComment", json!({"text": "A comment with a few words in it"})).unwrap();
+        a.session.view.comments_pane = false;
+        let screen = egui::Rect::from_min_size(egui::Pos2::ZERO, egui::vec2(1400.0, 700.0));
+        let mut t = 0.0;
+        let mut frame = |a: &mut WordApp, events: Vec<egui::Event>| {
+            t += 1.0 / 60.0;
+            let input = egui::RawInput { events, time: Some(t), screen_rect: Some(screen), ..Default::default() };
+            ctx.run_ui(input, |ui| {
+                a.logic(ui.ctx());
+                a.ui(ui);
+            })
+            .drop_without_applying_deltas();
+        };
+        let btn = |pos, pressed| egui::Event::PointerButton { pos, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: Default::default() };
+        for _ in 0..30 {
+            frame(&mut a, Vec::new());
+        }
+        let (id, card) = *a.canvas.balloon_rects.first().expect("the comment has a balloon");
+        frame(&mut a, vec![egui::Event::PointerMoved(card.center())]);
+        frame(&mut a, vec![btn(card.center(), true)]);
+        frame(&mut a, vec![btn(card.center(), false)]);
+        for _ in 0..5 {
+            frame(&mut a, Vec::new());
+        }
+        assert_eq!(a.canvas.balloon, Some(id), "a click on the balloon selects it");
+        let (_, card) = *a.canvas.balloon_rects.iter().find(|(i, _)| *i == id).unwrap();
+        let (focus, scroll) = (a.session.sel.clone(), a.canvas.scroll_offset);
+        // Press, drag a little and release inside the comment's text.
+        let (from, to) = (card.left_top() + egui::vec2(30.0, 30.0), card.left_top() + egui::vec2(80.0, 30.0));
+        frame(&mut a, vec![egui::Event::PointerMoved(from)]);
+        frame(&mut a, vec![btn(from, true)]);
+        assert_eq!(a.canvas.balloon, Some(id), "the press stays in the balloon");
+        for _ in 0..3 {
+            frame(&mut a, vec![egui::Event::PointerMoved(to)]);
+        }
+        assert!(!a.canvas.drag_selecting(), "the press didn't start a drag in the document");
+        frame(&mut a, vec![btn(to, false)]);
+        assert_eq!(a.canvas.balloon, Some(id), "still selected after the release");
+        assert_eq!(a.session.sel, focus, "the document's caret didn't move");
+        assert_eq!(a.canvas.scroll_offset, scroll);
+        // A press on the page itself still leaves the balloon.
+        let page = a.canvas.page_rects.first().copied().unwrap();
+        let body = page.left_top() + egui::vec2(120.0, 160.0);
+        frame(&mut a, vec![egui::Event::PointerMoved(body)]);
+        frame(&mut a, vec![btn(body, true)]);
+        frame(&mut a, vec![btn(body, false)]);
+        assert_eq!(a.canvas.balloon, None, "a click on the page leaves the balloon");
+    }
+
     /// #1019: a double-click in the header area returned before the release ended the drag, so
     /// a later press held on the ribbon edge-scrolled the document up.
     #[test]