The "Views" drop-down menu lets you choose your preferred page view: "2-Pane" (original document to the left, comments to the right), "Comments in Context" (document and comments together in one pane), "Comments Only" (sorted comments), or "Document Only".

In 2-Pane view you can drag the arrows to change the relative width of each pane.

"Comments Only" view gives you four sort options:



Here's a sample sorted by Commenter's Name (we've cropped some text to fit this page):
Click the "Full screen" button on the bottom toolbar to expand the browser window.
The Full Screen" button changes names when clicked to "Normal" so you can reverse the expansion.
Click "reply" (at the end of an existing comment) to respond with your ideas and reactions.
To bring up a new topic or theme (rather than joining a current conversation) create a comment on a paragraph (by double clicking its blue outline in the left pane), a single sentence (by double clicking on the left pane text), or the document as a whole via one of the "Document-level Conversation" links. If you single click a passage you also get a "Start One" link to create a new conversation.

Both starting and joining conversations use this "Add Comment" window:

The Comments drop-down menu on the bottom toolbar gives you five display options:

Every NowComment comment has to have a Summary Line; like an email subject line, it should concisely summarize the commenter's main point. The "Show Summary Lines Only" option lets you skim a document's conversations quickly to get an idea of everything being discussed so, when time is short, you can decide which comments to read in full.
Mousing over a commenter's name in a comment makes a hovercard pop up to show that commenter's picture and give a link to his/her Profile page.
Go to http://nowcomment.com/documents/new and specify whether the document you want to discuss is:
For more information and screenshots see the text or video screencast versions of our hints on Uploading Documents.
Public Documents can be viewed by anyone and commented on by anyone with a NowComment account. A private document is one that only people you invite can see and comment on.
Sharing lets you invite others to read your document(s) and discuss them with you and/or the group.
These settings let you control when those you've shared a document with can read it, comment on it, and see others' comments (as the document owner you can always do all three). For example, a teacher could:
NowComment provides several standard folders to help you manage and locate documents:
Groups have two purposes; they let you share documents with many people at a time and also provide an organizing structure for your documents.
Sharing is how you allow friends and coworkers to access your documents. You can share more than one document at a time via the "Options" menu on your My Library page:

or share a document you're viewing via the Share Button on your Toolbar.
Note: if it's a Private Document that you didn't upload then you can't share it; the Share link/button will be either grayed out or missing.
Whichever method you use will take you to the document's Sharing Page. From here, click the "share" button and, one at a time, create a list of individuals (by entering their email addresses) and/or the names of Groups you've already created (via your My Library page) that you'd like to share the document with. Click the "Add Person or Group" button for each. When your list is done click the "Share now" button to share the document with the list. You can add or subtract names later from the Sharing Page.

Click any of the column headers above your list of documents on the My Library Page to sort your documents based on that header. To sort by most recent activity, click the numbered square. To alphabetize by title click "Title." To sort by who shared the document, click "Shared By." To sort by number of comments, click "Comments." Click the same header again reverses the sequence.

From your Notifications & Favorites page you can "Favorite" any documents for which you'd like to be notified (by email) about each new comment made.
Similarly, you can Favorite a Group to get notifications about comments made on future documents shared with that Group (and documents shared within the last 24 hours).
Sample uses of Favoriting to regulate your email notifications:

The "Address Book" module gives you easy access to friends and collaborators you want to share documents with. You can maintain names of previous collaborators and import names from an email account. For more information see our Address Book hints page.

If you want your reply to been seen only by the person you're responding to and the Document Owner (who can always see everything about a document they own!) you can click the private reply checkbox as shown below.
