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Essentially a comment is the most often altered object property. To simplify it's editing, the SQL Maestro for MySQL provides an ability to Describe the object within the Database Explorer immediately without opening of the object's editor.

Step-by-step:

•	Select the necessary object in the explorer tree;

•	Choose the Describe Object... item in the popup menu;

•	Edit object comments within the Describe Object window;

•	To commit the changes, push OK button.

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Describe Objects