Storybuilder Drafts and Depositions support inline comments on selected text. You can use comments to review and refine work product directly in context, keep discussions organized in threads, review open and resolved comments in one place, and preserve feedback as the underlying text evolves.
This article explains how to add, review, and manage comments in Storybuilder Drafts and Depositions.
Requirements
- To use comments, you must be able to open the relevant Draft or Deposition in Storybuilder.
- To create and manage comments, you must have Edit access on the specific Draft or Deposition.
Open the comments tools
Comments are available in Drafts and in a Deposition’s Prep and Summary tabs.
You can access comments in the following ways:
- Select Comment in the toolbar to start a comment on selected text.
- Open the Comments tab in the right-side panel to review comment threads in one place.
- If the Comments panel is closed, open comment threads appear inline next to the text they are attached to.
What you can comment on
You can comment on the following content:
- Standard text in a Draft
- Standard text in a Deposition’s Prep and Summary tabs
- Text inside tables
- Document references inserted into the body of the Draft or Deposition
Add a comment
To add a comment:
- Open the Draft or Deposition in Storybuilder.
- Select the text you want to comment on.
- Select Comment in the toolbar.
- Enter your comment in the comment box.
- Select Comment to create the thread.
Note
If no text is selected, Everlaw comments on the word under your cursor.
Interact with a comment
You can interact with a comment via the comment’s card, either in the Comments panel or inline.
To:
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Reply to a comment: Select the card, and enter your comment in the Reply box that appears.
All replies are grouped into a single thread so related discussion stays together. -
Edit your own comment: Select the card’s three-dot menu > Edit comment.
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Copy a link to a comment: Select the card’s three-dot menu > Copy comment link
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Delete your own comment thread: Select the card’s three-dot menu > Delete thread
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Resolve a comment: Select the card’s resolve button
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Re-open a comment: To re-open a closed comment, open the Comments panel, then select Re-open from the comment’s three-dot menu.
Note
You can only edit or delete your own comments.
Version history behavior
Comments follow the version history of the Draft or Deposition.
If you revert a Draft or Deposition to an earlier version:
- Comments that existed in that version reappear with that version
- Comments created after that version are not displayed
- Those later comments become visible again if you return to a newer version