Uploading Documents

Before you can share a NowComment document with others you have to upload it to our site. To get to our Upload Page just click on the "Upload Document" link at the top of every page (once you're logged in):


From the Upload page you can upload three kinds of documents, each with its own big blue button:


upload options
  1. a Microsoft Word document (.doc, .docx, or .rtf file extensions only)
  2. web content from "regular" web pages (see below)
  3. unformatted text you're writing from scratch

Clicking any of these buttons will bring you to the Basic Document Information screen. For Word documents, click the small gray "Choose File" button to browse your machine for the document.


MS Word option

IMPORTANT: PDF, Excel, PowerPoint, and other file types, whether online or offline, will not give good results with NowComment until they are first converted to Word (for file upload) or HTML (for copy and paste). See our upload hints page.

For the web and text-I'll-write-now upload options:


copy-and-paste options

Copy-and-paste from the Web, or type in your own text (supplemented by web content if you choose) as appropriate. Note that the files you copy from should have returns only between paragraphs, not after every line.

All three data entry methods require you to fill in the “Document Title” field. Including one or more optional tags (keywords) in the Tag list field will help others find your document, and can help you group it with similar documents.

If you want to make your document public, where anyone on the Internet can see or comment on it, check the “Public Document?” checkbox. If you leave that box unchecked, your document will be saved as private (only those you share it with can view or comment on it).

Once you've filled out these fields, you can either stop here and save your document as-is, or add:

  • Document Properties (optional) — bibliographic and other information about the document

    Document Properties

  • Document Access Controls (optional) that let you set the dates and times when others can see the document, post comments to it, and/or see others' comments. You can always do all three; it's your document!

    Document Access Controls

When you're done, click "Save Now" to upload your document and go to the Document Properties page:


Upload in-process screen

You'll see a small message box (with a spinning circle) where you can see processing status. Small and even medium-length documents usually take 15-30 seconds or less to upload, though it can take longer if the system is very busy.

When your document is finished, you can click the "share" icon to invite others (individuals or Groups) to read and comment on it; see our document sharing help file.

We have more tip files and short videos that walk you through using NowComment… or skim our "Features Gallery".