Use comments, action items, & emoji reactions

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1. On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation.
2. In the top right, click Open comment history .
3. To close, click Open comment history again.

Tip: At the bottom of any comment window, you can also click Open all comments.

1. On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation.

2. In the top right, click Open comment history .
3. Click on a comment to see it's location.

You can also search for a comment by using keywords or usernames:

1. On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation.

2. In the top right, click Open comment history .
3. On the right of the Comments window, click Filter comments by keywords .
4. Enter keywords to search for a comment or person.

Find a comment's location in Google Sheets

In Google Sheets, you can find comments and their location in a Google Sheet.

1. At the bottom of the sheet, point to the comment notification on a tab .
2. In the window, click the cell name to see the comment and it’s location.

Tip: To see all comments in the sheet, click See all comments.

You can filter comments in Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets.

1. In a Doc, Slide, or a Sheet, click Open comment history .
2. On the left of the "Comments" window, click All to filter the comments by any of the following:
   • All
   • For you
   • Open
   • Resolved
3. (Optional) In Google Sheets, you can filter comments by sheet. To change the filter to current sheet, on the right of the "Comments" window, click All Sheets .
4. All comments in that category will appear in the window.

1. On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation.
2. On the comment you want to edit or delete, click More .
3. Click Edit or Delete.

To make your comment visible to someone, you can add them to the comment. They will receive an email notification with your comment.

Tip: If someone has set their status to “Out of office” and you have permission to view their calendar, you will get a notification in the comment as you add them.

1. On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation.
2. Insert and type a comment.
3. Anywhere in your comment, enter "@" and their name or email address. When the correct person is suggested, click their name.
4. Click Comment.

Note: If you add someone who doesn't have permission to see the file, you will be asked to share the file.

1. On your computer, open a slideshow.
2. In the toolbar, go to View and uncheck Show comments, or use keyboard shortcut:

• For Windows, Chrome OS: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + n
• For Mac: ⌘ + Alt + Shift + n

You may find an alert on your Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide that says "You've reached the document limit for comments. Please make a copy of the document without resolved comments to continue commenting on the new copy."

To add more comments to your file:

1. Resolve comments that aren't active.
2. Go to File Make a copy of your document, spreadsheet, or deck.
3. In the pop-up window, click Copy comments and suggestions.
4. Use the copy to continue work.

Tip: Resolved comments remain accessible in your original document.

Reply to comments in documents or presentations

1. On your computer, open a document or presentation.
2. Click the comment.
3. Click Reply and type your reply.
4. To save, click Reply.

Tip: In Google Docs, at the bottom of the text box, you can click on a Smart Reply.

Reply to comments in spreadsheets

1. On your computer, open a spreadsheet.
2. On the sheet tab, click Add comment .
3. Click the comment you want to reply to.
4. Click Reply and type your reply.
5. To save, click Reply.

Tip: If someone has set their status to “Out of office” and you have permission to view their calendar, you get a notification in the comment as you reply to them.

1. On your computer, open a document, spreadsheet, or presentation.
2. Click the comment you want to close.
3. In the top corner of the comment, click Resolve.

To see a comment that you closed, click Comments at the top corner of the window. To reopen a closed comment, click Re-open in the top right corner of the comment.

1. On your computer, open a Google file.
2. Highlight the text, images, cells, or slides you want to comment on.
3. To add a comment, go to the toolbar and click Add comment .
4. Type your comment.
5. Somewhere in your comment, add the email address, with @ or + in front of it, of the person you want to assign it to.
6. Click the box next to "Assign to [name]."
7. Click Assign. The person you assigned the action item to will get an email.

Tip: If someone has set their status to “Out of office” and you have permission to view their calendar, you get a notification in the comment as you assign it to them.

1. On your computer, open a Google file.
2. Click the comment.
3. Click Reply.
4. Type your comment.
5. Somewhere in your comment, add the email address, with @ or + in front of it, of the person you want to reassign it to.
6. Click the box next to "Reassign to [name]."
7. Click Reassign. The person you assigned the action item to will get an email.

1. On your computer, open a Google file.
2. In the top right corner of the comment, click Done .

1. On your computer, open the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides home screen or Google Drive.
2. In the top right corner of a document, click the number. If you don’t see a number, you don’t have any follow-ups for that document.
3. You can see the number of open:
   • Action items
   • Suggestions
4. To go to the first action item or suggestion, click an option from the list.
5. To close the menu, click the number.

Tip: If a collaborator already added an emoji reaction, to add your reaction you can click the emoji. You can add multiple emoji to the same selected text or comment.

Add emoji reactions to highlighted content in Google Docs

1. On your computer, open a Google Doc.
2. Select the text you want to react to.
3. Select an option:
   • On the right margin, click Add emoji reaction .
   • Go to Insert Emoji reaction.
4. Select an option:
   • Choose the emoji you want to add.
   • You can also enter search terms for an emoji.

Add emoji reactions to comments

1. On your computer, open a Google Doc, Google Sheet or Google Slides.
2. Hover over the comment you want to react to.
3. Click Add emoji reaction .
4. Select an option:
   • Choose the emoji you want to add.
   • You can also enter search terms for an emoji.

To remove your reaction from comments in a Google Doc, Sheet or Slides, or on highlighted content in a Google Doc, click the emoji again.

Tip: If you remove your reaction, it doesn't remove other collaborators' reactions.

To resolve the reaction on highlighted content in a Google Doc:

1. Click an emoji reaction.
2. Click Resolve.
   • Tip: To view resolved reactions, at the top right, click Comments .

You can select a comment and use keyboard shortcuts to:

• Navigate between comments.
• Reply to comments.
• Hide or show comments.