This gives you a quick way to share your comment without taking the time to fire up the file.

On the top right of the Preview screen, go for the Comment icon.

When prompted, use your cursor to highlight an area of the document related to your comment.

Comment area selection tool

you’re able to do this by dragging your cursor through it using the crosshair symbol.

input your comment and press “Comment” to save it.

Select them from the list, check the box for Assign To, and click “Assign.”

Adding a comment in Google Drive

hit the three dots on the top right of the comment.

Choose “Edit” to make changes or “Delete” to remove it.

To resolve a comment, poke the blue checkmark on the top right.

Assign a task with a comment in Google Drive

Toobtain a linkto the comment, pick “Link to This Comment” in the three-dot drop-down menu.

When the link displays, you’re free to select and copy it.

Click “Done” and paste the link where you kindly.

Comment actions

When we download that file and open it in Microsoft Word, the comment remains.

As another example, our PDF has a comment.

When we download it and open it with Adobe Acrobat Reader, we can see the comment.

Comment link

Related:How to Add Google Drive to File Explorer

Comment in downloaded Word file

Comment in downloaded PDF file