Adding and managing comments

Lawmaker allows you to add comments to a document in the Editor view. These will be visible to colleagues also working on the document, and can be replied to, edited or marked as Done.

Adding and viewing comments

To add a comment:

Place your cursor in the part of the document you wish to comment on.
- You can highlight a selection if you want the comment to relate to that selection; otherwise, the comment will relate to the word in which your cursor is placed.
Either:
- Right-click and select Add Comment from the context menu, or
- go to the toolbar menu and select Tools → Add Comment.
In the Add Comment window, type your comment.
Click OK.

You will be able to see your comment in the Review tab on the right-hand panel, as in the screenshot below.

If you click on the comment, the text in the document to which it relates will be highlighted. An arrow will point from the comment to the relevant text.

Managing Comments

You can edit, reply to, mark as Done, and delete comments using the icons underneath the comment.

Editing a comment

To edit your own comment, either

select the pencil icon underneath the comment (see screenshot); or
click on the comment and select Review → Edit Comment from the toolbar.

The Edit Comment window will pop up, in which you can edit your comment.

You cannot edit other users’ comments.

Replying to a comment

To reply to a comment, either:

select the arrow icon underneath the comment (see screenshot); or
hover your mouse over the highlighted text to which the comment relates, and select Reply from the pop-up .

The Add Reply window will pop up, in which you can type your reply.

Alternatively, click on the comment and select Review → Edit Comment from the toolbar.

Your reply will appear as a new comment below the original comment, with indentation and an arrow indicating it is a reply. You can edit, reply, delete

Mark as Done/Open

To mark a comment as Done, select the toggle icon beneath the comment.

The comment will appear greyed out, and it will not be possible to edit or reply to it (or to edit or reply to any replies to that comment).

To reverse this, mark the comment as Open by pressing the toggle icon again.

Deleting a comment

To delete a comment, either:

select the cross icon beneath the comment (see screenshot);
click on the comment and select Review → Remove Comment from the toolbar; or
hover your mouse over the highlighted text to which the comment relates, and select Remove from the pop-up.

The comment will be removed, along with any replies to that comment.

Viewing comments in a PDF

To show comments in a PDF you generate, select Show review comments in the Generate PDF modal. (See Generating and viewing a PDF | Show-review-comments .)

Comments will shown inline, in italics, and surrounded by square brackets, including the username of the commenter.