Video – Review comments in Word with DocTools CommentManager

Duration: 3:38

Manage comments in Word fast and easy with DocTools CommentManager – review comments, extract comments to Word or Excel, etc.

Watch the video above to learn how you can use the Review Comments command in DocTools CommentManager as the control center for managing comments in Word. You can see all comments, edit comments, reply to comments, mark comments as resolved, delete comments, etc.

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You can review all comments in one place via the Review Comments command.

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Shortcut TIP: Press Alt+Ctrl+Shift+M to open Review Comments.

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You can see all data for one comment at a time: Comment text, rank, metadata, etc.

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You can manage the selected comment via a number of action buttons.

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Click any comment in the overview.

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...or click to show next comment...

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...or previous comment.

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You can hide and show the overview with the list of comments.

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You can find and filter comments.

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You can filter comments by rank.

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Click Show All to show the full list of comments again.

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You can find any data - type what you want to find.

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Click Next or Previous to browse matches.

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You can find all replies. Use Next and Previous to browse matches...

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...or select filter to show only the matches.

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Find or filter by any text.

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You can edit the selected comment.

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The edit is shown at once and the comments in the document is updated too.

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You can clear the rank and change the rank of a comment.

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You can mark a comment as resolved/unresolved.

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You can delete a comment...

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...or add a reply to a comment.

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Reply added as no. 11 because comment 9 already had a reply, no. 10.

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When done, you can just close – or go to a specific comment in the document.

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Finished showing how you can use the Review Comments feature.

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