Use comments & action items

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You can collaborate with others on Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides to: 

• Add, edit, reply, or delete comments
• Assign tasks and action items

Comment options

View all comments

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a file in the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides app.
2. At the top, tap Comment .
3. To move through discussion threads, swipe left or right.

Add comments

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

Respond to comments

After you tap a specific comment, you can:

• Edit a comment: Tap More Edit . Make your changes, then tap Save.
• Reply to a comment: At the bottom, tap Add a reply.
• Resolve a comment: Above the comment, tap Resolve.
• Move between comments: Swipe left or right.
• Delete comment: Tap More  Delete.
• Return to editing view: Tap Close .

Send a comment to a specific person

To make your comment visible to someone, you can add them to the comment. They will receive an email notification with your comment.

Tip: If someone has set their status to “Out of office” and you have permission to view their calendar, you will get a notification in the comment as you add them.

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. To the left of your comment, tap @, then enter in the name or email address of the person you want to see the comment. When the correct person is suggested, tap their name.
4. Tap Send .

Accept or reject a suggested edit

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.

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

Add comments in Microsoft® Office files

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

Use & follow up on action items

Use comments to assign tasks or action items with your work or school account.

Assign an action item in a comment

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 More Add Comment.
4. Type your comment.
5. To the left of your comment, tap @ and enter in the person’s name or email address.
6. Tap the box next to "Assign to [name]" Assign.

Tip: The person you assigned the action item to will get an email notification.

Reassign an action item

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open a file in the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides app.
2. Tap text with a comment View comment Add a reply.
3. Type your comment.
4. To the left of your comment, tap @ and enter in the person’s name or email address.
5. Tap the box next to "Reassign to [name]" Send .

Tip: The person you assigned the action item to will get an email notification.

Mark an action item as done

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.

See the follow-ups on a document

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides app.
2. At the top-right, 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.