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.

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.

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.


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.

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.

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