Quick tips: Share and collaborate in Word for Windows
With Word for Windows, share your documents with co-workers to start collaborating immediately.
Share your document
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Select Share, and from the menu select Share again.
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Type the names or email addresses of who you want to share with.
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Select the down arrow, and from the menu choose the permission level you want.
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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](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/training/neutral/e9d96fc2-e3f7-4968-9070-8a3520de144f/2db09713faf552830f81b5590ec1aaaf471fa741.jpg)
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.
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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.
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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](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/office/neutral/824c69cc-ad54-47c1-9963-c9465d119308/0fc6a7c15629d8d1bf2e2ef6d0d3f14c5c4cf912.png)
Add a comment
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Select Review > New Comment.
Or, select Insert > New Comment. You can also right-click in your document and select New Comment.
A comment bubble
appears in the document where there's a note. -
Type a comment and select Post.
![Comments ribbon in Word](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/7825b891-1ceb-4ae4-9ec6-85a319dfec1a/e4ec5849f2ad151d382938d974dbf0c1d7f68e58.jpg)
![Comments](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/training/neutral/58e58488-cc69-40e7-86b9-1cb85394a73c/7acac72135b62913fb76663d412e44160d56eed3.png)
Review comments
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Select Show Comments to display all comments in a document.
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Select Preview or Next to move between comments.
![Show comments in Word for the web](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/8689a74a-bc23-4623-99ae-1dbdd0fc26f8/d8d04ece491db3075f0aebf03880ad27a6ff7a65.jpg)
View your version history
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Select File > Info > Version History.
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If you want to retore a previous version of the document, find it from the list, and select Restore.
![Version History in Word](https://cxcs.microsoft.net/static/public/central/neutral/cbc21d6f-ea78-40fc-92a7-042b72b958d6/23231de99f57abe4da3e508bbae4f785caec5ec8.jpg)
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