Microsoft Loop Adds New Commenting Capabilities to Tables and Boards

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Key Takeaways:

  • Microsoft Loop now supports comments on tables and boards, allowing users to ask questions, provide feedback, and discuss issues directly within these components.
  • The commenting feature facilitates asynchronous communication, enabling team members to share ideas and solutions without needing to be online simultaneously.
  • Microsoft now allows users to print Loop pages and export them as PDF files.

Microsoft has released a new update that adds support for comments to Loop tables and boards. This new feature allows users to ask questions, add contextual feedback, as well as discuss and address issues.

Microsoft Loop, the company’s alternative to Notion launched in public preview back in March 2023. It provides a collaborative canvas that enables multiple users to co-create using Loop components that can be shared across other Microsoft 365 apps, such as Microsoft Teams and Outlook. These Loop components (such as tables, task lists, and paragraphs) update in real time across all these apps.

With this release, Microsoft Loop allows users to add new comments to cells in tables or boards and reply to existing comments. This feature enables team members to share ideas, provide feedback, and communicate effectively without needing to be online simultaneously. Comments can also be used to highlight issues, ask questions, and offer solutions related to specific items.

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Comments in Loop tables and boards (Image Credits: Microsoft)

How to add comments to Microsoft Loop tables and boards

Microsoft Loop users will need to follow these steps to add a new comment to tables and boards:

  • Sign in to the Microsoft Loop app.
  • Create a new one or select a table-based component in an existing Loop page.
  • Type the comment text and click the Post comment button. The comment icon will appear in the top right corner of the selected table cell.

Microsoft has also released a new update that lets users print Loop pages and export them as PDF files. This new Print and PDF export command is designed to give users more flexibility when sharing and distributing Loop content.

Last month, Microsoft released several new collaboration features for its Loop app. This new feature allows users to create a code block on the Loop page, which can be shared in Microsoft Teams and Outlook. Microsoft Loop also lets users insert third-party Adaptive Card-based Loop components directly in Teams chats and channels.