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Discuss a Web page or document

  1. On the Tools menu, point to Online Collaboration, and click Web Discussions .
  2. If the Add or Edit Discussion Servers dialog box appears, select a discussion server.

    How?

    1. In the Type the name of the discussion server your administrator has provided box, type the name of a discussion server.
    2. If your system administrator has set up security by using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) message protocol, select the Secure connection required (SSL) check box.
    3. In the You can type any name you want to use as a friendly name for the discussion server box, type a friendly name you want to use for the server; for example, My Server.
  3. Do one of the following to start an inline discussion or a general discussion:

    Inline discussion

    1. Position the cursor in the paragraph that you want to discuss.
    2. On the Web Discussions toolbar, click Insert Discussion in the Document .
    3. Under Discussion subject, type a name for the subject of the discussion.
    4. Under Discussion text, type your comments.

      When you click OK, your comment appears in the Discussion pane at the bottom of the window.

    General discussion

    1. On the Web Discussions toolbar, click Insert Discussion about the Document .
    2. Under Discussion subject, type a name for the subject of the discussion.
    3. Under Discussion text, type your comments.

      When you click OK, your comment appears in the Discussion pane at the bottom of the window.

Note   You can also discuss a document by viewing it in Microsoft Internet Explorer: on the Standard Buttons toolbar, click Discuss.