Microsoft Office 2016 – Team-working through Co-authoring

Get everyone on the same page using co-authoring in Word, PowerPoint and OneNote.

Co-authoring is available for documents shared on OneDrive, OneDrive for Business or SharePoint Online and allows multiple people to simultaneously edit the same document.

Real-time typing in Word lets you see where others are typing in a Word document and view their edits as they make them.

When another person opens the same document, you are both prompted to opt in if you have not previously done so.

Note: Opting-in is an application setting, not a document setting. If you opt in, any time you find yourself in a collaborative space with others who have also opted in or who are co-authoring in Word Online, they will see your changes as you make them. You can toggle it off and on, but once on, it is not limited to the document you were in the first time you opted in.