Viewing Comments

Use the Comments ancillary data to view, and edit all existing comments at once. Comments are not created here but in other task screens.

You can view comments using one or more criteria.
  1. Click File > Ancillary Data > General > Comments.
    The Comment dialog appears.
    Comment dialog
  2. In the Abbr field, type an abbreviation.
  3. In the Text field, type the text you want to see.
  4. From the Type list, select the appropriate option: <All>, Global, Line or SGrp. If you select Line or Sgrp, a corresponding field appears below the Type field. Select the line or service group you want.
  5. From the User Types list, select the user type you want.
  6. Optional: To view comments which are in use (Used) or were used historically, or were not at all used (Not Used), select the Used and Not Used checkboxes accordingly.
    A comment is used when it is assigned to a line or block in specific task screens, Comments dialoges. via the Assign command. It is possible to create and save comments. and then not assign them thus producing a comment that is not used.
  7. Click Display. If you do not click Display, then no comments are displayed.
The total number of comments are shown in the #Comments field. To go to the set of comments that are at the bottom of the grid, click Last. The marker moves to the last comment.