Comments allow you to start an instant dialogue with collaborators directly on your notes. By adding a layer of discussion without altering original document content, Comments make collaborating smoother and more interactive.
Key Uses
Education: Teachers can attach comments to shared handouts to kick off study discussions with students.
Self-Study: Students can expand their working space on busy pages using comments as collapsible sticky notes.
Collaboration: Designers and clients can pin feedback, ideas, and questions directly onto specific areas of shared blueprints or floor plans.
You can add comments to objects like images, shapres, sticky notes, or elements. When you move objects, your comments will stay connected.
Adding your Comments
New comments
Touchscreen: Long press your finger to open the edit menu, then select Add Comment
Desktop: Right-click with your cursor to open the edit menu, then select Add Comment
iOS only: Moving comments
Touchscreen: Long press with your finger or use the Lasso Tool
Desktop: Use the Lasso Tool
Resolving a Comment (Apple only)
When you want close out the conversation, you can hide the entire Comment thread by pressing the Resolve button.
Show all Resolved Comments (Apple only)
From the top right corner of the screen, tap the (...) icon to open up the menu. Look for Show Resolved Comments, toggle this on and all the resolved comments will be visible within the document.
Can I hide all Comments from a page? (Apple only)
We do not offer the ability to hide all Comments at this stage. However, if you intend to close conversations that have been ended or are no longer valid in your document, you can use the Resolve button in order to hide them.
Can I mention a user in a Comment?
We do not support the ability to mention other users at present, but it may be something we look toward implementing in the future.
Are Comments included in backups? (Apple only)
Comments are included in iCloud backups, but not Auto or Manual backups.
You will need to Enable Comments when exporting a document if you wish for the comments to be exported along with it. To do this, export as Goodnotes, open the More Options page and toggle Enable Comments to ON.