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When the Review tab is selected, the following options are available:

 

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Figure 1. Review Tab

 

The options in the Review tab are used to edit, analyze and update documents and document comments. There are three groups in the Review tab:

 

Tools

 

The Tools group contains shortcuts to tools and other features:

 

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The Hand Tool is used as a basic scrolling device and navigation aid when browsing through documents. Click to enable the Hand Tool, then click and drag the page in the desired scrolling direction in order to browse through documents.

The Select Text Tool is used to select base-content text. Click to enable the Select Text Tool, then click and drag the pointer to select text. Double-click to select words, triple-click to select paragraphs and quadruple-click to select all text on the current page. Right-click selections for editing options, as detailed here.

Click the Other Tools dropdown menu to view/select additional tool options:

The Select Comments Tool is used to select and edit comments. Click to enable the Select Comments Tool, then click to select comments. Click and drag to select multiple comments. Selected comments can be edited, as detailed here.

The Snapshot Tool is used to take screenshots of pages/selected page content. Click to enable the Snapshot Tool, then click or click and drag to take snapshots. Further information about this tool is available here.

The options in the Clipboard dropdown menu is used to interact with the current content of the clipboard. Click the dropdown menu to cut/copy/paste clipboard content.

The Find feature is used to Find or Search text, or to search the internet for text selected in the current document.

 

Proofing

 

The Proofing group contains options for proofing documents:

 

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Click Spell Check to perform a spell check on the current document. This feature is detailed here.

Click Word Count to perform a word count on the current document.

 

Comments

 

The Comments tab contains options for adding, deleting and editing comments:

 

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Click the Add Comments dropdown menu to add comments to the current document:

Click Add Sticky Note to add a sticky note comment. The Sticky Note feature is detailed here.

Click Highlight Text to add highlights to selected text. Use the Select Text Tool, detailed above, to select text to highlight with this feature. The Highlight Text tool is detailed here.

Click Underline Text to add underlines to selected text. Use the Select Text Tool, detailed above, to select text to underline with this feature. The Underline Text tool is detailed here.

Click Crossout Text to strike out selected text. Use the Select Text Tool, detailed above, to select text to strike out with this feature. The Strikeout Text tool is detailed here.

Click the Delete Comments dropdown menu to view/select options for deleting comments:

Click Delete Selected Comments to delete comments currently selected in the document. Use the Select Comments tool to select comments to delete with this feature.

Click Delete Visible Comments to delete all comments that are visible in the document. Use the Show feature detailed below to determine which comments are shown/hidden. Hidden comments are not deleted when the Delete Visible Comments feature is used.

Click Delete All Comments to delete all comments in the current document.

Click Previous/Next to move to the previous/next comment.

Click Comments List to show/hide the Comments pane.

Click the Show dropdown menu to determine which comments are shown/hidden in the current document:

Click Show All Comments to display all comments, in both the Comments pane and the active document.

Click Hide All Comments to hide all comments, in both the Comments pane and the active document.

Hover over By Type, By Author, Checked or By Status to determine the display status of comments according to their type, author, checked/unchecked value in the Comments pane, or status. A submenu will be displayed that details all available options for the selected method. Select an option from the list as desired.

Click Open/Close All Pop-ups to open/close all comment pop-ups.

Click the Flatten Comments dropdown menu for options to flatten comments in the current document. Comments are moved to the base content layer of documents when they are flattened and can no longer be edited:

Click Flatten Selected Comments to flatten the comments selected in the current document. Use the Select Comments tool to select comments to flatten with this feature.

Click Flatten Comments to flatten all comments from a user-specified page range in the current document. This feature is detailed here.