# Comment Response Log

Answer a returned review's comments on the submittal page and print the log in the resubmittal.

A review comes back with two dozen comments, and the resubmittal cannot go out until every one has an answer. Chasing them through a spreadsheet loses track of which are done. A submittal that carries a Comment Response Log section lists every comment raised against the equipment it covers, shows on each row whether you have answered, and prints the log in the compiled package: item number, their comment, our response, status.

## Reading the list

Each comment is one row: its number, whose move it is, its title over the response written so far (or their words while there is none), its severity and category, and where the answer stands. **No response yet** is the row that needs a person. **Written, not sent** means the answer is drafted and waits for the next revision, and **Submitted for review** means it went out with one.

Whose move it is carries a glyph and a word, so the state reads without colour:

- **● Needs us**. Nothing has gone back on it. Written but not yet submitted still counts here.
- **○ Awaiting review**. The response was submitted and is with the reviewer.
- **✓ Closed**. Accepted, or given a closed status.
- **- Not counted**. Logged without a review round, so nobody's move.

The filters above the list narrow to one of those, or **All**, each with its count over the whole log. **Next unanswered** opens the next comment that needs words, top to bottom, and wraps to the top when it reaches the end.

## Answering in place

Click a row to open it. Their comment sits above the response box, and the response saves when you leave the box. Pause while typing and a grey draft of the next words appears, written from the comment and the way you have answered similar ones on this project; press Tab to keep it, or keep typing and it steps aside. Nothing is saved until you accept it.

**Acceptance** records what the reviewer said about the response. Status, Severity, Category and Source sit beneath it, so a comment can be classed without opening the [punch list](/help/punch-lists). Each control saves itself and says **Saved** beside its label.

**Open all details** opens the full item: earlier rounds, references, the short title, and delete.

## Leave a comment out

**Leave out of this package** takes a comment out of this submittal's log. It stays on the punch list and lists under **Not in this package** at the bottom of the log, where **Bring back** returns it.

## Adding comments

**Add a comment** logs one by hand, filed under the equipment group this submittal scopes. **Import a workbook** reads a returned punch list spreadsheet and files every row, after showing how many it found and where they will go. Comments read from a [returned document](/help/returned-reviews) arrive the same way.

## How it prints

The log compiles as its own section, in the position set under [Configure sections](/help/configure-sections). Choose **Landscape** or **Portrait** for its page under [Settings > Numbering & review](/help/submittal-numbering).

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Submittal Kit · Revisions & Review · Updated 2026-09-06
Canonical: https://submittalkit.com/help/comment-response-log