With Word for Windows, share your documents with co-workers to start collaborating immediately.

Share your document

  1. Select Share, and from the menu select Share again.

  2. Type the names or email addresses of who you want to share with.

  3. Select the down arrow, and from the menu choose the permission level you want.

  4. Add a message if you'd like, and then select Send.

    Or, select Copy Link if you'd like to share a link to the file in a chat message, email, or document.

Share diallog box

Co-edit a document

After your share your document, you can work on that file at the same time as others.

Co-edit a document

After you share your document, collaborators can edit documents, @mention others, and more.

  • Select where you'd like to make changes and start editing.

    If you've shared your document with others, you'll see their changes real-time.

  • Type the @ symbol and the first few letters of someone's name to @mention them.

Presence flags indicate where multiple authors are working in a document

Add a comment

  • Select Review > New Comment.

    Or, select Insert > New Comment. You can also right-click in your document and select New Comment.

    A comment bubble Comment bubble appears in the document where there's a note.

  • Type a comment and select Post.

Comments ribbon in Word

Comments

Review comments

  • Select Show Comments to display all comments in a document.

  • Select Preview or Next to move between comments.

Show comments in Word for the web

View your version history

  • Select File > Info > Version History.

  • If you want to retore a previous version of the document, find it from the list, and select Restore.

Version History in Word

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