Adding Comments Directly to the Trips Grid

You can add comments to trips using the Comments tab. This Procedure is similar to Previously Defined Comments.

On the Trips tab of the Trip Building screen, select the trip to which you want you want to add a comment.
Click theEdit Button:
The Edit dialog box appears.
Click the Comments tab.
The direction of the selected trip appears by default in the Direction drop-down list.
Optional: Perform one of the following steps:
- To apply the comment to a whole trip, select the Trip option.
- To apply the comment to a specific time, select the Trip Time option. In the drop-down list beside it, select the node associated with the time you want.
In the Comment field, click the ellipsis button:

The Comment dialog box appears.
Click Add.
The Select Comment dialog box appears with the Comment dialog box remaining open in the background.

You can resize the dialog box if necessary.
In the Type drop-down list, select Line to apply the comment to the line in the current context.
To apply the comment to all the lines, select Global. In the Line field, the line of the selected trip appears by default.
In the User Type list, select the appropriate user type.
Optional: To apply a previous comment, select a comment abbreviation from the Comments list.
Optional: To add a new comment, click New.
1. In the Abbr field, type an abbreviation for the comment.
2. In the text box, you can add comments up to a maximum of 4000 characters.
3. Click Save.
Click Assign.
Optional: To arrange multiple comments assigned to a trip in a desired sequence in a report, click the Move Up or Move Down buttons in the Comment dialog box as necessary.
Click Close.
On the Comments tab, click Apply.
The abbreviation of the comment appears in the field in the Pattern or Node column of the selected trip depending on the type of comment you selected.
Click Close.

The following graphic shows examples of comments applied to trips and trip times: