How to Perform Common Review TasksEdit online
Using the Review PanelEdit online
This section describes how to work with the
Review panel in Oxygen XML Web Author and how to perform
some of the most common review tasks. To open the Review panel, tap
or click the Review tab from the panel on the right side of the
screen. If it is not displayed, click the arrow button (
) on the far right side of the editor.
If you place the cursor in a comment or tracked change in the main editor, those items are highlighted in the Review panel. Conversely, when you select a comment in the Review panel, a temporary line is shown that connects the review item with its corresponding comment or change in the editor and it remains highlighted in both the Review panel and the editor.
Use the Review Panel to View Comments or Tracked Changes
- Tap or click the Review Panel tab on the right side of the
screen. If it is not displayed, click the arrow button () on the far right side of the editor.
- Tap or click one of the comments or tracked changes to see it highlighted in the document area.
- Hover over or select a comment/change to display actions that are available for that particular item.
Filter Comments and Changes
To filter the comments and changes (for example, to only show items for a particular author or to only show a certain type of review item), enter queries in the text filter at the top of the panel.
| Filter | Description | Possible values | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | Filters by the author name | Any author name | author:Jane / @Jane |
| type | Filters only the items of the given type | comment, change, highlight, insert, delete | type:comment some comment content |
| before | Filters items before the given date | yyyy/mm/dd | before:2016/04/22 |
| after | Filters items after the given date | yyyy/mm/dd | after:2015/03/15 |
@Jim type:comment before:2016/04/22 some comment
Activate Change Tracking
Tap or click the 
Toggle Change Tracking button from the Review
toolbar to enable or disable this feature.
Accept or Reject Tracked Changes
- To accept a change (or a selection of multiple changes), tap or click the
Accept
Change button from Review toolbar (on a desktop
device, you can also select this action from the contextual menu), or select the
change in the Review panel and click the 
Accept button.
To accept all tracked changes in the current document, click the 
Accept all changes button at the
bottom of the Review panel. - To reject a change (or a selection of multiple changes), tap or click the
Reject
Change button from Review toolbar (on a desktop
device, you can also select this action from the contextual menu), or select the
change in the Review panel and click the 
Reject button.
To reject all tracked changes in the current document, click the 
Reject all changes button at the
bottom of the Review panel.
Add a Comment
- Make a selection in the document content.
- Tap or click the
Add comment button from
Review toolbar (on a desktop device, you can also select this
action from the contextual menu). - Input a comment in the displayed dialog box. Tap or click Comment to commit it into the document.
- The commented text is highlighted.
Edit or Remove an Existing Comment
- You can only edit comments that you added to the document. To do so, select the
comment in the main editing area and tap or click the
Edit Comment
button from Review toolbar (on a desktop device, you can also
select this action from the contextual menu), or select the comment in the
Review panel and click the 
Edit button. - You can remove any comment, regardless of who added it to the document. To do so,
select the comment in the main editing area and tap or click the
Remove Comment
button from Review toolbar (on a desktop device, you can also
select this action from the contextual menu), or select the change in the
Review panel and click the Remove
button.
Reply to Comments or Changes
- Select the comment or change in the Review panel and select
Reply (on a
desktop device, you can also select this action from the contextual menu). A dialog
box will be displayed that allows you to add your reply. - Select OK to add your reply to the comment thread. The replies are displayed with an indentation in the Review panel.
Mark Changes or Comments as Done
Select the change or comment in the Review panel and select
Mark as Done.
This toggles the button and marks the change or comment as being done by graying it out in
the Review panel. You can mark a whole comment thread as being done
by selecting the action on the first (parent) comment or change in the thread.
Navigate Through the Comments or Tracked Changes
Use the left and right arrow buttons (
) from the
Review toolbar or click any item in the Review
panel view to navigate between comments or tracked changes.
- Highlighted in the document (in the main editor) with a contrasting background color. Also, if the Review panel view is not visible, the start of the current comment or tracked change is designated with a small temporary triangle marker.
- Highlighted in the right-side Review panel.
- Designated with a temporary arrow that connects the entry in the Review panel with its corresponding comment or change in the document (in the main editor).
Using Inline Actions in the Editing PaneEdit online
This section describes how to perform common review tasks in Oxygen XML Web Author using the inline actions available in a tooltip displayed when hovering over a comment or change in the editing area.
Accept or Reject Tracked Changes
- To accept a change, tap or click the Accept button
from review tooltip.
- To reject a change, tap or click the Reject button
from review tooltip.
Remove an Existing Comment
You can remove any comment, regardless of who added it to the document. To do so, tap or
click the Remove button. If there are replies added to a comment, use the
Remove
all button to remove the entire conversation.
Reply to Comments or Changes
To reply to a comment or change, tap or click the 
Reply button from review
tooltip.
Overlapping Tooltip Sensitive Areas
When you hover over a spot that contains multiple commented or changed text areas, the tooltip displays the list of threads available in that area.
To expand a particular thread, click or tap the thread item.
