Use comments & action items

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a file in the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides app.
2. At the top of the screen, tap Comment .

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a file in the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides app.
2. Select the text or cell and tap Add Comment or Comment.
3. Add your text.
4. Tap Comment.

After you tap a specific comment, you can:

• Edit a comment: Tap Edit . Make your changes, then tap Save.
• Reply to a comment: At the bottom, tap Reply.
• Resolve a comment: Above the comment, tap Resolve.
• Move between comments: Swipe left or right.
• Delete comment: Tap Edit . Then tap Trash .
• Return to editing view: In the top right corner, tap CLOSE or Close .

To make sure someone sees a comment, you can add them to it. They will receive an email notification with your comment.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a file in the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides app.
2. Insert and type a comment.
3. Somewhere in your comment, add the name. When the correct person is suggested, tap their name. You can also add the email address of the person you want to see the message.
4. Tap COMMENT.

If someone suggests an edit to a document you own, you can accept or reject it. This is only available in Google Docs.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a document in the Google Docs app.
2. To see the suggestion, tap Suggestion.
3. Tap Accept or Reject.

Note: If you decide you don't like a suggestion you accepted, tap Undo.

To add comments to Microsoft Office files in the Google Docs app, change the file to a Google Docs file.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a file in the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides app.
2. Highlight the text, images, cells, or slides you want to comment on.
3. To add a comment, tap Insert .
4. Tap Comment.
5. Type your comment.
6. Somewhere in your comment, add the email address, with @ or + in front of it, of the person you want to assign it to.
7. Tap the box next to "Assign to [name]."
8. Tap Assign. The person you assigned the action item to will get an email.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a file in the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides app.
2. Tap the text with a comment.
3. Tap View comment.
4. Tap Reply.
5. Type your comment.
6. Somewhere in your comment, add the email address, with @ or + in front of it, of the person you want to assign it to.
7. Tap the box next to "Reassign to [name]."
8. Tap Send . The person you assigned the action item to will get an email.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a file in the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides app.
2. In the top right corner of the comment, tap Mark done.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides app.
2. In the top right corner of a document, tap the number. If you don’t see a number, you don’t have any follow ups for that document.
3. You can see the number of open:
   • Action items
   • Suggestions
4. To go to the first action item or suggestion, tap an option from the list.
5. To close the menu, tap the number.