The Miracle of Google Docs Comments

Most people are very familiar with google docs/drive. The ability to share and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets and slideshows is great but most people don't know about how useful the comments function is. Its a way to cut WAY back on emails and also allows you to have entire meetings and collaborations remotely and on your own time! Here is how it works.

Start with any google Doc or spreadsheet. Share it with whom every you need by clicking the share button and adding people to the document.

After adding in your content highlight content you want to comment on and right click. Then select comment.



At this point a comment box will appear where you can write a comment. Use the @ symbol to tag people's email in the comment. This sends that person an email notifying them they were mentioned in a comment. 

A conversation can then go back and forth using the comments. When the issue being commented on is resolved you simply click the "resolve" button. And you are done. This same functionality can be used with google spreadsheets by right clicking a cell and then clicking comment.

This is an amazing functionality that saves time, allows you to have remote meetings on your own time and prevents your email from filling up.