Creating a Highlight

You can create, modify, or delete a highlight associated with a slide.

Before you begin: Create a review with a markup (containing a slide).
  1. To create a highlight, do one of the following:
    • From the Validation section of the action bar, click Create Highlight .
    • Under Highlights in the review panel, click > Add Highlight > .
    A new highlight is created under Highlights in the review panel. By default a name is assigned and the severity is set to To be assessed. The highlight is associated with the active slide. If a previously created highlight is already present, the new highlight is added below it.
  2. Optional: In the highlight's dialog box, edit its attributes as follows:
    1. Enter a different title for the highlight.
    2. In the list, select the appropriate severity for the highlight from: To be assessed, High Priority, Medium Priority, Low Priority, Processed.
    3. Add a description for the highlight.
    4. Click on the associated slide to display it in the 3D area.
    5. Click next to Impacted Checks and select a check in the panel to associate a check impacted by the highlight, with the highlight.

      Note: Click next to the associated checks to disassociate the check. The check information cannot be edited in the highlight dialog box.

    6. Click next to Issues, to create an issue associated with the highlight.
      The Generate Issue dialog box appears. Set the required issue parameters.

      For more information, see Issue Generated from a Highlight.

    7. Click next to Change Actions, to create a change action associated with the highlight.
      The Generate Change Action dialog box appears. Set the required change action parameters.

      For more information, see Change Action Generation from a Highlight.

  3. Click on a check title to display or edit the highlight information.

    You can click next to the respective highlight's title to close it.

  4. Optional: Click in the highlight dialog box and select Delete , to delete a highlight.
  5. Optional: Click in the upper-right corner of the Highlights area and select one of the following options:
    • Collapse All : Closes all open highlight dialog boxes.

      After closing a highlight, the number of change actions and issues associated with it are displayed next to its name.

    • Expand All : Opens all closed highlight dialog boxes.
    • Hide/Show Thumbnail : Controls the visibility of the thumbnail of the associated slide or the preview of the comment in the highlight's information dialog box.