Reply to a comment

Replies to a comment are displayed in chronological order. You can only reply to a comment, adding an answer to an answer is not allowed.

To reply to a comment, follow these steps:

1.Select a comment to reply in one of the following ways:

•Click a comment or any reply to it.

•Go to the comment using the  Previous and  Next buttons located in the Review tab.

•If the cursor is set on the Review pane, navigate to the comment using the ↓ and ↑ keyboard keys.

2.In the comment reply box, type the desired text.

3.If you want to cancel entering the answer, press Esc. If you want to save the reply, do one of the following:

•In the reply box, click Save.

•Click anywhere in the document.

•Press Ctrl+Enter (Windows, Linux) or ⌘Cmd+⌤Enter (macOS).

If, while collaborating on a document, another user deletes a comment to which a reply is added, or deletes text to which a comment refers, the entire thread is deleted and the pop-up message “Comment or text fragment deleted” is displayed.

Blank replies are automatically deleted.

Long comments and replies are displayed in the Review pane in an abbreviated form. To display the full text of a comment and all the replies to it, click the comment or any of the replies.

If a thread contains more than two replies, it is automatically minimized and only the first and last replies are displayed in the Review pane. To expand the thread, click Show n more replies separator.

If the thread becomes longer than the page height when expanded, the Review pane displays and buttons to navigate to the beginning and end of the thread.

To minimize the thread, do one of the following:

•Click anywhere in the document outside of the thread.

•Click another comment or thread.

•Go to another comment or thread using the  Previous and  Next buttons located in the Review tab.

•Move to another comment or thread using the ↓ and ↑ keys on the keyboard.