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The following article explains how to upload a document with Repeating Content Controls (RCC). This functionality makes modifications to controls sharing a common title, ensuring that any changes made to one of these controls are reflected across all related elements.

Important: This functionality is only available since the 7.5 version, and higher releases, of Please Review. Please see Please Review 7.5 Release Notes for more information.

1. Enabling Repeating Content Controls
2. Using Repeating Content Controls
3. Disabling Repeating Content Controls
4. Repeating Content Controls keynotes
5. Further reading
6. Attachments

1. Enabling Repeating Content Controls

A content control is field that you can add to and customise for use in templates and reviews, so a repeating content control (RCC) is a field that is used repeatedly throughout a review document. For example, a Protocol Title could be repeated throughout a review, so this feature gives the ability to find and bulk-adjust the same text.

Please refer to How to Upload a Document with Content Controls for more information on singular content controls.

• To enable RCC feature, fill in the value field with ‘***’ or a specific prefix before uploading the document to Please Review.

2. Using Repeating Content Controls

1. Inside the review, make a proposed change to a content control, in this instance it's the protocol title ProtocolTitle changed to TEST Title.

2. To make a change, click on the content control you want to adjust.
3. Make the proposed change i.e. TEST Title.

4. Write a comment in the box if needed, then click Apply.

Note: A tooltip will appear if a user makes a change directly to the control. But it will not appear on any of the other occurrences.

5. Scroll down to the occurrences within the review.
6. Changes will be made to the controls that share the same title.
7. The RCC change should appear throughout the document once applied, below it shows the TEST Title adjustment has been made:

3. Disabling Repeating Content Controls

1. To disable RCC, leave the value field empty before uploading the document to Please Review.

2. It will behave as normal proposed change.

3. Changes will not be made to the controls that are sharing the same title.

4. Repeating Content Controls keynotes

Here are a few things to note about repeating content controls:

• A tooltip will not appear on any of the other occurrences throughout the document. It will only show the tracked changes.
• If you hover over a normal (not repeating) content control, a tooltip will not appear.
• The same value will appear for all occurrences in the review pane, tooltips, text editor and paragraph history.
• There will be no merge conflict with repeating content controls, any updates you make will always override the previous one.
• If all the changes are open, it will show the previous value in strikethrough and the latest value in track change in review, tooltip and downloaded document.
• If the latest value has been accepted, there will be no confirmation message.

5. Further reading

• Please Review 7.5 Release Notes
• Getting Started with Please Review 7.5
• Please Review 7.5 Download Centre
• Getting Started with Content Controls

6. Attachments