How to use Comments in Noble Content Lab

Noble offers powerful commenting capabilities that enhance collaboration. This guide covers everything you need to know about creating, managing, and interacting with comments.

Types of Comments

Noble supports two types of comments:

• Generic Comments: General feedback about the entire document
• Linked Comments: Feedback tied to specific text selections

Add Generic Comments

Generic comments provide a way to share feedback, thoughts, or questions about the document as a whole rather than specific sections of text. These comments are perfect for broad observations, overall impressions, or discussion points that apply to the entire content.

Use generic comments when you want to initiate general discussions, provide summary feedback, or communicate with team members about overarching themes and ideas.

Learn more about how to share a piece of content.

Step 1 Navigate to the Activity Tab:

Click on the “Activity” tab on the top of the left card.

Step 2 Add Comment:

Click in the “Add a comment” box and type in your comment.

Step 3 Submit:

Once the comment is ready to be added, click the “COMMENT” button to add the comment.

Step 4 Viewing Comments:

After the comment is added, it will appear in the list of Activities in the “Activity” tab.

Adding Comments Linked to Specific Text

Linked comments allow you to attach feedback directly to specific text within your document, making them ideal when precision matters. Use this feature when you need to reference particular sentences, suggest targeted revisions, or discuss specific elements of the content.

Linked comments create a visual connection between your feedback and the relevant text, streamlining collaboration by eliminating confusion about which part of the document is being discussed. This targeted approach is especially valuable during detailed review processes, collaborative editing sessions, and when working with complex documents that require precise, contextual feedback.

Step 1 Choose Text To Comment On:

Find the text you would like to leave a comment on. Then, highlight the desired text.

Step 2 Start Process To Add Comment:

Right-click on the highlighted text and click “Add Comment” from the right-click menu.

Step 3 Focus On Highlighted Text and Comment Box:

The selected text will be highlighted, and the comment box will automatically appear.

Note: Clicking anywhere besides the comment box will STOP the linking comment process.

Step 4 Type Comment

Type your comment in the “Add a comment” box.

Step 5 Add Comment:

Once the comment is ready to be added, click the “COMMENT” button to add the comment.

Step 5 Comment In Activity:

After the comment is added, it will appear in the list of Activities in the “Activity” tab. Both the comment and the linked text will be highlighted.

View Linked Comments

Toggling Visibility

Linked comments can be shown or hidden using the Editor Toolbar:

• Disabled: Comments and linked text are hidden
• Enabled: Comments and linked text are visible

Enabled

Disabled

Linked Comments in Editor

Text with linked comments will be displayed with a light blue background.

Note: This will ONLY show when comments are Enabled.

Linked Comments in Activity

Comments in Activity that are linked to text in the Editor will show with a comment icon to the right of the commentator’s name.

Navigation

From Text to Comment: Clicking text linked to a comment highlights both the text and the associated comment

From Comment to Text: Clicking a linked comment in the Activity list highlights both the comment and the associated text in the editor

Managing Comments

Copying Comments

1. Click the three dots (⋮) in the top-right corner of the comment
2. Select “Copy”
3. The comment text is copied to your clipboard for pasting elsewhere

Editing Comments

1. Click the three dots (⋮) in the top-right corner of the comment
2. Select “Edit”
3. Make your changes in the text box
4. Click “Save” to apply changes or “Cancel” to discard them
5. Edited comments display an “edited” label that shows the modification date on hover

Note: Guest users can only edit their own comments during their current Noble session

Deleting Comments

1. Click the three dots (⋮) in the top-right corner of the comment
2. Select “Delete”
3. Confirm by clicking “Delete” or cancel by clicking “Close”
4. Once deleted, the comment is permanently removed from the Activity list, and any linked text is no longer highlighted

NOTE: There is NO going back after deleting a comment.