Attaching Supporting Files and Customizing Comment Text

You can select a local file from your computer to attach to your comment. For example, you might want to associate a supporting document with one of your comments. Or, you may want to customize the text of a comment using the rich text editor. For example, you may want to make text bold or apply a different font color. You can also add a URL to a comment.

To attach files to a comment, customize comment text, or add a link to a web page:

  1. In the Smart View Panel, in the comment list, double-click a comment that you started to launch the EPRCS Comments text box.

    The comment you select must be the only or last comment in a thread.

  2. To attach a file to your comment:
    1. Click the Manage Attachments button, The Manage Attachments button in the EPRCS Comments text box.
    2. In Manage Attachments, click Add button in Manage Attachments dialog box, then navigate to the file to attach and select it, and then click Open.
    3. In the Title column, add a descriptive title for the file, and then press Enter; for example:

      The Manage Attachments dialog box with a title
    4. Click Save, Save button in the Manage Attachments dialog box, to save the attachment and title text.

      The statement "Comment has attachments" is added to the EPRCS Comments text box.

      Note:

      The Manage Attachments button, The Manage Attachments button in the EPRCS Comments text box is enabled in all comments in a thread so that all users included in the review instance may view attachments associated with all comments.

    5. Repeat step 1 through step 2.d for all the files that you want to attach to the comment.
  3. To apply custom formatting to comment text:
    1. In the EPRCS Comments text box, select the last comment in the thread, then click the drop-down list arrow shown in Figure 18-43, and then select Modify.
    2. Select the comment text to format.
    3. Click the Show Formatting Bar button, Show Formatting Bar button in the EPRCS Comments text box, to add text formatting to the comment.

      Formatting options:

      • Font style, size, and color

      • Bold, italics, and underlining

      • Align text to the left or right, or center it

    4. Click Enter, Enter button, to retain your changes.
  4. To add a URL in a comment:
    1. In the EPRCS Comments text box, , enter the URL; for example, enter: 
      http://www.oracle.com

      For URLs to be recognized, you must precede them with a valid URL protocol identifier, such as:

      • http://

      • https://

      For example:

      http://www.oracle.com

      Oracle recommends testing URLs in a browser to ensure that they work before adding them to comments.

    2. Click Enter, Enter button.
  5. Click Close, Close button in EPRCS Comments text box, to exit the EPRCS Comments text box.