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Collect and display document comments

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Hi,

Is there a way to collect comments created by users in documents like Word, Excel and pdf (when they insert "comment" or tag a person).

And display them listed in an app for each of the documents?

Comments are not text in a column in a list, but inside the document itself, as part of the revision.

Thanks

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  • v-jefferni Profile Picture
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    Re: Collect and display document comments

    Hi @Elia ,

     

    Could you please share more details about your scenario? Would you like to take out comments from documents like work docs, spreadsheet or pdf? What kind of comments would users leave in a document?

     

    I think you could use AI Builder to extract comments from word documents or recognize comments from pdf files or images. See AI Builder document automation:

    https://us.flow.microsoft.com/manage/environments/Default-9e51064f-f6a5-41a2-89a9-9785a9d6c706/aibuilder/documentautomation

     

    But it is not possible to get comments from different kinds of files.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Best regards,

    Community Support Team _ Jeffer Ni
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it.

  • Elia Profile Picture
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    Re: Collect and display document comments

    Hi @v-jefferni , Thanks for your response.
    The comments I would like to extract are not loose text mixed with the document content, but the ones you specifically add by selecting: Add New Comment. See screenshots attached.
    I assumed there will be some way to extract this info, as it must be already classified as Comments in the document content and metadata, isn't it?
    Regarding the type of documents, we will need this done indistinctly of the document type, mostly Word; Excel and pdf files.

    2021-02-18 13_05_12-Benchmark Database_rev6.5.xlsm - Excel.png

    2021-02-18 13_05_38-Benchmark Database_rev6.5.xlsm - Excel.png

  • Elia Profile Picture
    61 on at
    Re: Collect and display document comments

    Hi @v-jefferni , Thanks for your response.
    The comments I would like to extract are not loose text mixed with the document content, but the ones you specifically add by selecting: Add New Comment. See screenshots attached.
    I assumed there will be some way to extract this info, as it must be already classified as Comments in the document content and metadata, isn't it?
    Regarding the type of documents, we will need this done indistinctly of the document type, mostly Word; Excel and pdf files.

  • v-jefferni Profile Picture
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    Re: Collect and display document comments

    Hi @Elia ,

     

    I'm afraid in Power Apps there is no way to capture all comments form various of files right now.

     

    If you would like this feature be added into Power Apps, you could suggest an idea in Power Apps Idea Forum:

    Power Apps Ideas - Power Platform Community

     

    Best regards,

    Community Support Team _ Jeffer Ni
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it.

  • Suggested answer
    Matkje Profile Picture
    22 on at
    Collect and display document comments
    Hey
     
    Even though there is no built-in functionality available in Power Automate Desktop, it is possible to extract the comments with just a few extra steps. This works in Word, haven't tested it in Excel yet, but it should be doable there as well.
     
     
    Best regards
    Mathias Kjeldsen 

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