When you are translating a document, you can add comments to a segment, part of a segment, or to the entire document.

When you work on an online project - on the checkout of an online project -, you can also start a discussion about the segment, part of a segment, or about the entire document.

How to get here

To add a comment to a document, or to start a discussion about it:

1.Open a project.

To start a discussion: Open the local checkout of an online project.

2.In Project home, choose Translations.

3.Find the document that you need to comment. Next to the name of the document, double-click the Notes icon-no-comments-yet icon.

The Notes window opens.

To add a comment to a segment or part of a segment, or start a discussion about it:

1.Open a project.

To start a discussion: Open the local checkout of an online project.

2.Open a document for translation.

3.Select the segment - or part of the segment - that you need to comment.

4.In the status box to the right of the segment, double-click the Notes icon-no-comments-yet icon.

On the ribbon: On the Review or the Quick access ribbon, click Comments.

Keyboard: Press Ctrl+M.

When there is already a comment: The Notes icon is orange: icon-there-is-already-a-comment. Double-click it to change the existing comment.

The Notes window opens.

notes-window

When there are no notes yet

notes-window-existing-notes

When there are notes already

What can you do?

Add a new note

Edit or remove an existing note

Start a discussion or view existing discussions (online projects only)

When you finish

To save changes and return to the translation editor or to Project home: Click OK.

To just return to the translation editor or to Project home: Click Cancel.

Most changes are always saved: When you click Cancel, memoQ will still save the changes to discussions. Or, if you make a change to a note, and click Apply, those changes will also be saved, even if you click Cancel afterwards.