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Review and provide feedback

To sign in to the Comments docker

To view, select, and move comments

To respond to comments

To add a note associated with a comment

To use drawing markup tools

To resize comment marks

To edit your comments

To copy a comment

To search for comments

To hide and show comments

To delete comments

To save and share a file

Using the Comments docker, you can view and address any comments added to a document in context, and you can provide in-context feedback.

Identify comments

You can sign in with your Corel account to have all your comments identified with your name and email address. With multiseat corporate installations, you must sign in with your Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 corporate account to have your comments authenticated.

Alternatively, you can choose not to sign in and add anonymous comments. This feature is useful when you want to add comments to a local file, without using Cloud collaboration features. Any anonymous comments can be edited and deleted by other users.

Respond to and add comments

After signing in, you can select, respond to, and resolve comments as well as reopen resolved comments. You can add a note icon, and then type a comment in the Comments docker, or you can mark up the document with arrows, rectangles, ellipses as well as straight and free-form lines. To draw attention to a specific area in a document, you can highlight it as if you were using a highlighter on paper. You can add a comment to clarify each mark that you draw.

To customize the shapes and lines used as marks, you can choose their color, line thickness, or outline width before or after you draw them. Plus, you can move and resize them.

Also, you can edit the comments that you added, and you can resolve all comments with a single click. You can copy a comment if you need to reuse it.

Marking up a document

Live comments

You can collaborate with reviewers in real time as they are reviewing your document in CorelDRAW.app. Any comments and markup added in CorelDRAW.app appear instantly in the same document that is open in CorelDRAW, and vice versa. Such comments are known as live comments because of their dynamic nature. You can respond to live comments or ask for clarification and receive feedback right away. Live comments behave as other comments, however, to use them, you must first save and share the document to the Cloud, and then open the document from the Cloud. Also, live comments cannot be exchanged between different installations of CorelDRAW.

Find, hide, and delete comments

You can search for comments by typing a word or a reviewer’s name so that you can quickly find specific comments.

To work on your editing tasks with ease, you can hide all comment marks at any time. All resolved comments are hidden by default, letting you focus on comments that need to be addressed. You can choose to show resolved comments.

When a comment or a thread of comments is no longer needed, you can delete it to reduce clutter. You can also delete all markup and comments at once, which is useful when preparing the final version of a design.

Hiding markup

When exporting a document that contains comments to a PDF file, you can include or exclude the comments. For more information, see Comments in PDF files.

Save and share

After you have addressed the feedback in the file, you can save it to the Cloud, and then share it with others through CorelDRAW.app for further review or final approval.

Collaborate on text

You can also co-author and co-edit text. For more information, see Collaborate on text.

To sign in to the Comments docker

1 Click Window

Dockers

Comments.

The Sign-in page appears when you access the Comments docker for the first time. If you have already signed in but you want to switch accounts, click the Sign in or out button

in the Comments docker.

2 Perform a task from the following table.

To	Do the following
Sign in with your Corel account (available only to subscribers)	Click Sign in with Corel Account, and provide the required credentials.
Add anonymous comments	Click Continue to Comments. Tip: If you have already signed in to the Comments docker, you must first sign out before you can add anonymous comments.
Sign in with a Google Workspace account (available only for multiseat installations)	Click Sign in with Google Workspace, and provide the required credentials.
Sign in with a Microsoft 365 account (available only for multiseat installations)	Click Sign in with Microsoft 365, and provide the required credentials.

To view, select, and move comments

1 Open a document that has comments and markup.

2 Perform a task from the following table.

To	Do the following
View a comment	Using the Pick tool , point to the comment mark in the drawing window. A tooltip is displayed, showing the author, the comment, and the number of replies to the comment.
Select a comment	Using the Pick tool , click the comment mark in the drawing window. Tip: You can also click the comment in the Comments docker.
Select multiple comments	Holding down Ctrl, click the comments in the Comments docker, or click the comment marks in the drawing window with the Pick tool . Tip: You can also select multiple consecutive comments by holding down Shift and clicking the first and the last comment in the sequence in the Comments docker.
Move a comment mark	Using the Pick tool , click the comment mark and drag it to a new position in the drawing window.

To respond to comments

1 In CorelDRAW, click File

Open from Cloud, and double-click the file you want to open.

If the file is saved to another location, find it and open it from there.

2 Click Window

Dockers

Comments.

3 Perform a task from the following table.

To	Do the following
Reply to a comment	Click the comment, type a reply in the box that appears below the comment, and press Enter.
Resolve a comment	Click the Resolve button in the upper-right corner of the comment box. Note: If you haven’t changed the default display settings for resolved comments, the comment mark and the comment disappear as soon as you resolve the comment. For information about showing and hiding resolved comments, see To hide and show comments. Tip: You can also click the Actions button , and click Resolve.
Resolve all comments	Click the Options button , and click Resolve All.
Reopen a resolved comment	Click the Options button , and click Show Resolved to show all resolved comments. Click the Actions button to the right of the comment, and click Re-open.

To use live comments, you must first save and share the document to the Cloud, and then open the document from the Cloud.

Live comments can be exchanged between CorelDRAW.app and CorelDRAW and vice versa, but not between two installations of CorelDRAW.

To add a note associated with a comment

1 In the Comments docker, click the Note tool

2 Click where you want to add the note icon in the drawing window.

3 Type a comment in the Comments docker, and press Enter.

To add the same note on all document pages, you must first select the Master Page in the Objects docker, and then click the Desktop layer.

You can cancel the comment you are typing by pressing Esc.

To use drawing markup tools

1 In the Comments docker, perform a task from the following table:

To	Do the following
Draw an arrow or a straight line	Click the Arrow Markup tool . In the drawing window, drag to draw the arrow. To add an arrowhead at the start point, enable the Start arrow check box. To draw a straight line, disable the Start arrow check box and the End arrow check box. Point to where you want to start the line, and drag to draw the line. You can choose the color of arrows and lines from the Line color picker. You can specify the width of arrows and lines by typing a value in the Line width box.
Add a highlight	Click the Highlighter tool , and drag across the area you want to highlight. You can choose the color of highlights from the Highlight color picker. You can specify the width of highlights in the Highlight width box.
Draw a free-form line or shape	Click the Freehand Markup tool , point to where you want to start, and drag in the drawing window. You can choose the color of lines from the Line color picker. You can specify the width of lines in the Line width box.
Draw a rectangle	Click the Rectangle Markup tool , and drag in the drawing window. You can choose the color of the outline from the Outline color picker. You can specify the width of the outline in the Outline width box.
Draw an ellipse	Click the Ellipse Markup tool , and drag in the drawing window. You can choose the color of the outline from the Outline color picker. You can specify the width of the outline in the Outline width box.
Draw filled rectangles or ellipses	Select the Rectangle Markup tool or Ellipse Markup tool , choose a fill color from the Fill color picker, and then drag in the drawing window.

2 Type a comment in the Comments docker, and press Enter.

Customized comment marks

50% transparency is applied to the colors of the markup.

You can also customize a comment mark after it is added in the drawing window. Using the Pick tool , click the comment mark in the drawing window, and then set the color and line properties you want in the Comments docker.

To resize comment marks

1 Using the Pick tool

, click a comment mark such as a line, highlight, rectangle, an arrow or an ellipse in the drawing window.

2 Drag a selection handle.

The rectangle was resized to focus on a specific area of the design.

You cannot resize comment marks drawn by other users.

Notes cannot be resized.

To edit your comments

1 In the Comments docker, click a comment that you have added.

2 Click the Actions button

, and then click Edit.

3 Edit the comment, and press Enter.

You can edit only your own comments.

To copy a comment

1 In the Comments docker, click a comment.

2 Click the Actions button

, and then click Copy Text.

To search for comments

• In the Comments docker, start typing a word or a reviewer’s name in the Search box.

The search results are updated dynamically as you type.

CorelDRAW searches all document pages, not only the active page.

To clear the Search box, delete the words you typed.

To hide and show comments

1 Click the Pick tool

2 In the Comments docker, click the Options button

, and perform a task from the following table.

To	Do the following
Hide or show all comment marks	Click Show Annotations to disable or enable the command.
Hide or show resolved comments and their marks	Click Show Resolved to disable or enable the command.

To delete comments

• In the Comments docker, perform a task from the following table.

To	Do the following
Delete a comment	Click the comment, and press Delete. Tip: You can also click the Actions button , and click Delete.
Delete all comments	Click the Options button , and click Delete All.

Delete actions can’t be undone.

To delete a comment, you can also select the comment mark in the drawing window by using the Pick tool , and press Delete.

To save and share a file

1 In the Comments docker, click the Save and share button

2 Perform a task from the following table.

To	Do the following
Save and share a file that has already been saved before	In the Share File dialog box, specify the access privileges you want. Note: The file is saved in its current state before the Share File dialog box appears. Tip: For information about the Share File dialog box, see To share a file saved to the Cloud.
Save and share a file that hasn’t been saved before	In the project dashboard, type a file name, and click Save. In the Share File dialog box, specify the access privileges you want.