View and remove review comments

After all users mark their individual reviews Completed, the review moves to a state of Resolving. At this point, as the review coordinator you must remove all comments from all components in the review. When you remove a comment you have the option to identify if you're accepting the comment and making changes to address it. You can also provide a reason for your decision. You can't delete all comments at the same time, you must delete each comment separately. You must also Accept or reject all changes in a review before you can mark the entire review as Completed.

Tips and tricks

  • If the number of available reviews is large:

  • Regardless of your permissions, if a topic contains a link (cross reference or key reference) to another component, when you click the link:

    • If the target component is not also included in the review, you can only open it in a read-only viewer from a review.
    • If the target component is also included in the review, you can open it to comment or edit it from a review.
  • Regardless of your permissions, if a topic contains a Content Reference, you cannot open the topic that contains the reference in a review.
    • The icon that you use to open the topic with the reference () is only available when editing the topic, and is not available in a review.
    • The referenced content is shown with a grey background.
    • You can't comment on the referenced content.
    • No matter your permissions, you cannot edit the referenced content.
To view and remove review comments:
  1. Click Reviews.
  2. On the Reviews Management tab, in the list of reviews, select the review, making sure it has a State of Resolving.
  3. Right-click the review's row, and then select Open Review.
    Note: You can also access this option by clicking the Options menu, and selecting Open Review.
  4. In the Review Components pane, click the name of a component.
  5. In the editor's Review panel on the right side, each comment is listed in a separate box for you to review.
  6. When working with comments in the Review panel, use the icons to find comments:
    • Comments are marked with a small comment bubble
    • Deleted text changes can also appear in this list and are marked with a red minus sign .
    • New text changes can also appear in this list and are marked with green plus sign .
  7. To remove a comment, in the Review panel, click the comment. The box turns blue and you'll see a menu of options at the bottom of the box.

    1. Click the grey x.
  8. On the Reason dialog, if you're accepting the comment and making changes to address it, select the Accept option.
  9. Optionally, to provide acceptance or rejection details, on the Reason dialog, enter text and then click OK.
  10. If you don't want to provide acceptance or rejection details, click Cancel.
  11. When all comments have been removed, click Save .
  12. Repeat steps 4 through 11 for all components in the review.