Want to leave yourself a little note or comment directly in the script? Working with collaborators and need to leave comments for later discussion? Helping edit a writer's document and need to leave them inline comments to address and resolve? Our Comments feature allows you to do all of those things and more!
Leave a Comment
Hover the cursor over or click in the line you would like to leave a comment on
Select the comment bubble that appears in the left margin
Type the comment
Press Enter/Return
The comment will appear in the same color as your user icon, with your name, and a time stamp.
Lines with comments will have a visible solidly outlined comment bubble
Line with a comment (solid outlined bubble) and a line with the cursor hovered over and comment option visible (grayed outlined bubble)
Add a File as a Comment
Hover the cursor over the line you would like to leave a comment on
Select the comment bubble that appears in the left margin
Select the paperclip to the left of the add comment area
Choose the file from your device
The file will be added as a link
Tag a Collaborator in a Comment
Hover the cursor over the line you would like to leave a comment on
Select the comment bubble that appears in the left margin
Type @[their name] to tag a collaborator. For example: To tag Emilia Bedelia, type @Emilia Bedelia.
As you type their name, suggested names from your list of collaborators will appear. Select a name to apply.
Press Enter/Return
Open Comments Widget
In the Comments widget, you will be able to see all of the comments for the document you are currently viewing.
In Default, Flow, Simplified, Hybrid, and Mobile Layouts
Select the Comments & Chat icon in the left sidebar
OR
In Classic and Expanded Layouts
Open the Cards & Chat tab in the right widget panel
OR
In other layouts
Select View > Customize Layout
Select the Widgets tab on the Customize Layout collapsible menu
Click-and-hold the Comments widget to drag-and-drop it in the desired widget area
Comments Widget
Comments Widget View Options
In the Comments widget, you can filter and organize the comments you view based on unresolved, resolved, removed, users, colors, etc.
Open the Comments widget
Select the small triangle (looks like an upside-down pyramid) in the top right corner of the widget
Select the Sort by option(s) you desire
Asc./Desc. - Choose to have the comments sorted by:
Date ascending - Will show comments in the order they were made with the oldest at the top and the newest at the bottom.
Date descending - Will show comments in the reverse order they were made with the newest at the top and the oldest at the bottom.
Line ascending - Will show comments in the order they appear in the document from beginning to end.
Line descending - Will show comment in the order they appear in the document from end to beginning.
Users - Select the collaborator(s) whose comments you would like to see.
Colors - If you have used comment coloring to help categorize comments, select the color(s) you would like to see, so you can address all of the comments for that category.
Select the comment status you would like to Show
Show unresolved comments - Will show only the sorted comments that have not been resolved or removed
Show resolved comments - Will show only the sorted comments that have been resolved
Show removed comments - Will show only the comments that have been removed
Show comments from deleted lines - Will show comments on any lines that have been removed from the document
Comment Options
Each comment has a set of options that can be edited in the Comment window that opens in the margin or in the Comments widget on the side of your display.
Color code your comments
Similar to tagging, assign certain colors to related comments to help categorize their importance or purpose. This can be very useful later when you would like to see all comments related to edits, or all comments related to production.
Open the comment in the left margin or open the comments widget
Hover the mouse over the comment
Select the three dots in the top right corner to the top right corner of the comment
Select Color
Select the desired color
The color of the comment and comment bubble in the margin will change
This will not change the creator of the comment or the time stamp
Color options for comments in comment window or Comments widget
Reply to a comment
Open the comment in the left margin or open the comments widget
Hover the mouse over the comment
Select Reply (with the round comment bubble icon) to the bottom right corner of the comment
Type the comment
Press Enter/Return
Resolve a comment
Open the comment in the left margin or open the comments widget
Hover the mouse over the comment
Select Resolve (with the checkmark icon) to the bottom left corner of the comment
The comment will be marked as resolved and disappear from view in the margin. If there is more than one comment on the line, it will only disappear from the comment window.
To UNRESOLVE a comment see Comments Widget View Options above to
Filter the view to Resolved comments
Select the three dots to the top right corner of the comment
Select Unresolve
The comment will return to its original location
Edit a comment
You can only edit comments you have left
Open the comment in the left margin or open the comments widget
Hover the mouse over the comment
Select the three dots in the top right corner to the top right corner of the comment
Select Edit
Edit the comment
Press Enter/Return
Change the comment color for the entire project
Select Customize > Editing
Under Editor find Comments
Select the Project Comment color selector
This will apply the selected color to all future comments for EVERY writer on the project
Remove a comment
Open the comment in the left margin or open the comments widget
Hover the mouse over the comment
Select Remove (with the trashcan icon) to the bottom left corner of the comment
The comment will be marked as removed and disappear from view in the margin. If there is more than one comment on the line, it will only disappear from the comment window.
To UNREMOVE a comment see Comments Widget View Options above to
Filter the view to Removed comments
Select the three dots to the top right corner of the comment