Declining a Document
Important: Declining a document sends it back to draft status where the document owner must restart the review and approval process. You may want to consider starting a discussion thread first (see Starting a Document Discussion) to avoid unnecessary process delays.
- With the document open that you've been assigned to review or approve, click Options, and then click Decline.
- In the Decline window, type an explanation of why you're declining the document.
Important: You can't move on until you type an explanation.
- (Optional) To add what you wrote to this document's discussion board, click Post to Discussion Board (see Working with Document Discussions for details).
- Click Decline, and then click OK.