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Using Comments

Collaborate with Document Comments​

mEditor uses a comment feature to allow authors, reviewers, and publishers to collaborate on refining documents as they make their way through the workflow process. It's functions very similar to the comments feature seen in Google applications. Comments are used to suggest revisions to a document, which results in subsequent edits until all of the comments are resolved.

NOTE: The Comment button appears on "Saved" documents only.

Comment button with active thread count

Figure 9: Comment button with active thread count

NOTE: It is important to understand that comments are tied to the version of the document in which they were made. If a edits are made to a version of a document that has comments, a new "comment-free" version is made and any comments associated with the previous version of the document are retained and maintained in that specific version. They will not appear in your latest draft.

Adding a New Comment​

Comments can only be added to existing documents. The Comment button is NOT available when you initially create a document.

  1. Click the "Comment" button at the top of the edit form to open the Comment panel Comment button

  2. Click the "New Comment" button New comment button to open the comment entry dialog.

    Comment entry dialog

  3. Enter your comment and click the "Send" button Send comment button to commit it, or the "Cancel" Cancel comment buttonbutton.

Responding to a Comment​

  1. Click the Comment button at the top of the edit form to open the Comment panel Comment button

  2. To respond to any comment, click the "Reply" button Reply buttonto open the comment reply dialog.

    Reply entry dialog

  3. Enter your response and click the "Send" button Send comment button to commit it, or the "Cancel" button. Responses to comments create a thread (group of related comments).

    Conversation thread

Resolving a Comment​

When comments and discussions have been address they need to resolved so they are no longer active.

  1. Click the "Comment" button at the top of the edit form to open the Comment panel Comment button
  2. To resolve a comment (comment thread) click the "Resolve" button Resolve comment thread button. All comments with the thread are cleared from the Comment panel and the comment count in decremented by the number of comments you resolved. Comment button

Viewing Resolved Comments​

By default only active comments are shown in the Comment panel. The allows the members of the workflow team to focus only on outstanding items that need to be addressed. To see the complete history of comments made open the Comment panel and click the "Show all" button button to show all comments. Resolved comments are grayed-out and can not be changed. To hide resolved comments click the “Hide resolved” button.

Comment resolve thread