How to comment on a Powtoon

The commenting feature in Powtoon Studio lets you leave feedback on individual slides and collaborate with anyone you have shared your Powtoon with. As the Powtoon owner, you can always leave a comment. Collaborators can comment only after you have shared the Powtoon with them.

Note: Before collaborators can write or receive comments, you must share the Powtoon with them. See Share your Powtoon for more information.

In this article

• Writing a comment
• Mentioning someone in a comment
• Viewing comments
• Managing your comments

Writing a comment

To leave a comment on a specific slide in Powtoon Studio:

1. Navigate to the slide where you want to leave a comment.
2. Click the Comment icon in the toolbar. The commenting panel opens on the right side of Powtoon Studio.
3. Type your comment in the text field at the bottom of the commenting panel.
4. Click Post. Your comment is saved and visible to anyone with access to the Powtoon.

Mentioning someone in a comment

You can mention a collaborator in a comment to notify them by email. The person you mention must already have been invited to the Powtoon before you can tag them.

1. Open the commenting panel by clicking the Comment icon.
2. Start typing your comment, then type the @ symbol. A list of everyone invited to the Powtoon appears.
3. Select the person you want to mention from the list.
4. Click Post. The mentioned collaborator immediately receives an email notification with the comment details.

Note: If a collaborator does not appear in the @ mention list, they have not yet been invited to the Powtoon. See Share your Powtoon to add them first.

Viewing comments

To view comments left on a Powtoon, open the commenting panel by clicking the Comment icon in Powtoon Studio.

1. In the slide panel on the left side of Powtoon Studio, locate the slide you want to review. A blue message icon on the slide thumbnail shows how many comments exist on that slide.
2. Click the slide thumbnail. All comments for that slide appear in the commenting panel on the right.

Managing your comments

The commenting panel includes three filters to help you find and track comments across your Powtoon. By default, the panel shows Open Comments.

• Open Comments — shows all comments that have not yet been resolved.
• Resolved Comments — shows all comments that have been marked as resolved.
• Mentions — shows all comments in which you have been mentioned.

Once a comment has been posted, you can take the following actions on it:

• Resolve — marks the comment as resolved and moves it from the Open Comments filter to the Resolved Comments filter.
• Edit — lets you update the text of an existing comment.
• Delete — permanently removes the comment.

Note: The source article's description of the Delete action was incomplete. The behavior after deletion has not been confirmed and should be validated before publishing.