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<sect1 id="comments"><title>Document Comments </title>
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<indexterm><primary>comments</primary></indexterm>
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<para>Document comments are included in &kword; to allow you to have your documents read by another
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person. That person can make comments about the text and the comment will appear right next to the text. </para>
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<sect2 id="comments-add"><title>Adding a comment to a document</title>
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<para>To add a comment to a document, select the text you want the comment to apply to.</para>
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<para>Select <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Insert</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Comment...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> from the menubar. This will bring up a small dialog box.</para>
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<para>Type the text of your comment in the dialog box provided. If you click on the
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<guibutton>Add authors name</guibutton>, the text will be signed, dated and the current time will be added.</para>
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<note><para>The authors name must be entered in the <link linkend="documentinfo">Document Information</link>
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dialog or the name will not be included.</para></note>
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<para>When you have entered all of your text, click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to add your comment.</para>
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<para>The comment will appear as a small yellow box at the cursor location.</para>
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<sect2 id="comments-edit"><title>Adding to or changing the comment in a document</title>
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<para>To add more comments or change previous comments place the mouse pointer over the comment you
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want to edit. Click once with the &RMB;. A submenu will appear. Select <guilabel>Edit Comment...</guilabel>.</para>
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<para>You can now make your changes to the comment.</para>
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<sect2 id="comments-delete"><title>Deleting a comment from a document</title>
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<para>To delete a comment, place the mouse pointer over the comment you
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want to edit. Click once with the &RMB;. A submenu will appear. Select <guilabel>Remove Comment</guilabel>.</para>
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<para>The comment is immediately deleted.</para>
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<sect2 id="comments-hide"><title>Hiding all comments in a document</title>
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<para>To hide all comments, select <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Configure KWord...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> from the menubar. </para>
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<para>This will bring up a dialog box.</para>
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<para>Click on the <guilabel>Misc</guilabel> icon.</para>
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<para>The check box labeled <guilabel>Display comments</guilabel> is used to toggle the comments on and off.</para>