Collaborating with others through comments

We saw in Chapter 3, Microsoft Lists Core Features, that you can add comments to list items. This functionality is especially useful when you have multiple people working on a list item and they want to share notes with each other. For our IT projects list example, this could mean that a business stakeholder could add a comment stating that they are currently still reviewing the requirements and that the cost is expected to be provided later this week. Or some details about delayed cost estimates could be shared so that while there is some missing information in the list data, reviewers can easily see why. The goal of the Comments functionality is not to provide an area for lengthy discussions, detailed reports, or similar, but a location where short, relevant pieces of information can be added:

Figure 4.12 – Comments on a list item

Anybody who can edit a list item can also add comments to it, as well as...