How To: Work on a Document Together and See Who Changed What

Learn how to edit a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file with other people at the same time, talk through changes with comments, and see who changed what.

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Work on it together

1	Keep one copy in the cloud Save the file in OneDrive or in a Teams channel. Don't email copies back and forth.
2	Share it Select Share and add the people you're working with. In a Teams channel, everyone on the team already has it.
3	Edit at the same time Open it in the browser or the desktop app. You'll see colored flags showing where others are working. Changes save automatically.

Select text and add a Comment. Type @ and a name to notify someone.
In Word, turn on Track Changes (Review tab) when you want others to approve your edits.

In Word for the web, select Review > Show Changes to see recent edits and who made them.
To go back to an earlier version, see How To: Restore an Earlier Version or a Deleted File in OneDrive.

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