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Adding, editing and replying to comments in Comment Mode

Renée Meloche
Renée Meloche
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Available on the following Venngage subscription plans: Business and Enterprise.

Comment Mode (available on Business and Enterprise plans) is a convenient communication tool for working on collaborative designs.

Add a comment

Click on the comment icon in the top right corner of the editor to enter comment mode. A yellow border will appear around the design canvas when "Comment Mode" is enabled.

Click anywhere on your design canvas to add a comment.

Write your comment and click Send (the green paper plane icon) or hit the Return key on your keyboard.

An infographic in the Venngage Editor appears with the heading 'The Top 6 Internal Recruitment Methods Used Today' and several colorful icons breaking out bullet points relating to recruitment. A user clicks the comment icon in the top right corner of the toolbar in the Venngage Editor. The comment icon is highlighted in yellow in the toolbar, and a thin yellow frame becomes visible around the design in the Editor, with the Comment Mode drop-down menu visible in the top center above the canvas. The user clicks on the design canvas and a text box modal appears with the prompt 'Add a comment'. The user types into the modal and then clicks the green paper plane icon to post the comment to the canvas. The comment appears in a widget, next to a pin with the user's initials in white letters on a light grey circle. The comment widget has multiple tools, including options to close the widget, resolve it, or reply to the comment by typing into the text field at the bottom of the widget.

 

VENNGAGE MAKES IT EASY

Comments you add to a design canvas will appear on the canvas
next to a "comment pin"–a circular icon with your initials. The pin
will stay visible on the canvas even when Comment Mode is disabled;
to open the comment, just click on the pin.

Edit a comment

Click on the comment you want to edit. You can only edit comments you have posted on a design.

Click on the 3 horizontal dots ("meatball" menu) next to the comment text, in the comment box.

Click "Edit comment" and type your modification into the text field. When you're done click "Save" or click "Cancel" to leave the comment the way it was.

An infographic in the Venngage Editor appears with the heading 'The Top 6 Internal Recruitment Methods Used Today' and several colorful icons breaking out bullet points relating to recruitment. A comment pin appears on the canvas, with the user's initials in white letters on a light grey circle. A user clicks on the pin to expand the comment widget, which shows the user's comment. The comment widget has multiple tools, including options to close the widget, resolve it, or reply to the comment by typing into the text field at the bottom of the widget. Next to the text of the comment, the user clicks the meatball menu and the option to Edit the comment appears; the user clicks it, and the text of the comment becomes editable. The user makes a change and then saves the edit with the Save button on the widget; the comment widget returns to the way it was before editing, with the only difference betwen the text in the comment widget is now changed.

Reply to a comment

Click on the comment icon in the top right corner of the editor to enter comment mode. A yellow frame will appear around the design canvas when "Comment Mode" is enabled.

Click on any comment pin to open it.

Write your comment in the "Reply" textfield, and click send (the green "paper plane" icon" or hit the Return key on your keyboard.

An infographic in the Venngage Editor appears with the heading 'The Top 6 Internal Recruitment Methods Used Today' and several colorful icons breaking out bullet points relating to recruitment. A user clicks the comment icon in the top right corner of the toolbar in the Venngage Editor. The comment icon is highlighted in yellow in the toolbar, and a thin yellow frame becomes visible around the design in the Editor, with the Comment Mode drop-down menu visible in the top center above the canvas. The user clicks on the design canvas and a text box modal appears with the prompt 'Add a comment'. The user types into the modal and then clicks the green paper plane icon to post the comment to the canvas. The comment appears in a widget, next to a pin with the user's initials in white letters on a light grey circle. The comment widget has multiple tools, including options to close the widget, resolve it, or reply to the comment by typing into the text field at the bottom of the widget. The user types into the text field at the bottom of their comment, and then presses the green paper plane icon to post it. The second comment reply appears under the first comment, starting a thread that other users can then respond to.

 

You can reply to your own comments to thread them, or click on someone else's comment to respond.

Leave comments on your designs in Teams or Groups, resolve questions or approve content and identify areas for improvement.

 

The feature(s) discussed in this article is available on the following Venngage subscription plans: Free, Premium, Business and Enterprise.

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