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Microsoft Word lets you collaborate with others on documents.

Microsoft Office and Google Docs are leading tools for office work and school or college projects, which is why collaboration is very important.

You need document collaboration to allow your colleagues to share their inputs on your presentation or simply so that your editor can quickly make changes to your article.

Microsoft Word allows users to invite others to collaborate so that changes can be made while you’re working on the document.

2YODO will tell you how to collaborate on a Microsoft Word document in real time.

How to Collaborate via PC or Mac

The first thing to do if you want to collaborate on a Word document is that you need to make sure that your file is saved on OneDrive, i.e. on Microsoft’s cloud storage service.

Follow These Steps :

1. Open the document in Microsoft Word on your computer.
2. Once you’re ready to save your document, go to File > Save As > save the file to OneDrive.
3. After this, click Share and add the people you want to collaborate with.
4. Click People you can specify can view to choose who you want to share this with and whether you want to allow them to edit the document. 
5. Allow editing will let them edit and Block download prevents them from downloading the document.
6. Once you’re done, hit Apply.
7. Enter the contact details of the people you want to share this file with or you can copy the link and share it via third-party services such as WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger.
8. Click Send to share your file with others.

How to Collaborate via Web

Microsoft Word is also available online and that you don’t need the app installed on your computer if you don’t want to.

Follow These Steps :

1. Go to Microsoft Word Online and sign in to your Microsoft account.
2. Click Blank document or you can start working on a file saved on OneDrive.
3. Once you’re ready to collaborate, Click Share and repeat the same steps mentioned earlier.
4. After you click Send, your recipients will be able to collaborate with you on the document.

How to Collaborate via your phone

To collaborate on documents on your phone, you just need Microsoft Word and an active internet connection.

Follow These Steps :

1. Download Microsoft Word on your phone.
2. The app is free to download on both Android and iOS.
3. Once the app is downloaded, open it and sign in to your Microsoft account.
4. You can start working on a new document by hitting the + icon at the bottom.
5. You can also start working on a previous file that’s already saved on OneDrive.
6. To check that, Click the folder icon at the bottom > tap OneDrive > select your file.
7. So, once you’re ready to collaborate, you need to click the share button up top and repeat the same steps mentioned before.
8. After you click Send, your recipients will be able to collaborate with you on the document.

This process of collaborating on a document isn’t just limited to Microsoft Word.

You can also use the same steps to collaborate with others using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

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