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I have a Google Docs document when there were a lot of comments. These comments have been resolved, however, I still need to see them in context.
You could re-open them, but I don't really want to do that, since it would incorrectly notify many people.
So how would you show resolved comments in context without re-opening them in Google Docs document?
As noted by Felipe Alvarez, this is no longer available as an option. Therefore, while this answer was correct two years ago when the product was Google Docs, it no longer applies to the current Google Drive app.
Assuming you mean opening documents from your list, that's in the Google Docs settings on the "General" tab.
Where items open:
Your choices are:
Screen shot:
Select the latter for what you want.
Google Docs follows the same standards as Microsoft Docs when it comes to comments in documentation; they are ephemeral only to ask/provide clarification on a paragraph/sentence.
After which the highlighted portion should be corrected and the comment removed when all collaborators have agreed on the change. In Microsoft, this will be done with deleting the comment.
Google Docs provide a semi-state where you can mark the comment as resolved
So that when you export to .doc, the comment markup will not appear there.
As shown above the first comment is not there because it was marked as resolved in Google Docs, so it makes no sense to deal with the comment again (this based on the assumption that by resolving the comment, one has resolved the issue in that comment).
Another way to do it, would be to create a copy which will not carry across the comments.
Best Answer
Click on "Comments" at the top right corner (marked in the image below). The resolved ones are listed there. Source: Link
To see the original context of a comment, click on that comment. This will only work if the original context still exists (wasn't deleted). If the original context was deleted, you can make a copy of an earlier version of the document, and view the comments there.