Work on a Shared Document

When you or your team members open a shared document, you will notice that (Shared) appears in the title bar following the document name.

You work on a shared document just as if it were a regular document. However, if your changes conflict with those another person has made, when you save the document the Resolve Conflicts dialog box appears.

Remove a document from shared use   To avoid losing any edits that team members might be making in a shared document, make sure that you notify all team members before removing a document from shared use. Then, click Share Document (Tools menu) and make sure you are the only person listed in the Who has this document open now box. Clear the Allow changes by more than one user at the same time check box, and then save the document. Protect your work!   To help you recover work if there is an application failure, Word automatically creates a “recovery” file every 10 minutes. If you want to specify how often Word saves this file, click Options (Tools menu). On the Save tab, specify in the Minutes box how often you want to save AutoRecover information. Keep in mind that this does not take the place of saving a document with the Save command. If you want to automatically create a backup copy, select the Always create backup copy check box.

Next Steps

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Have changes marked with special formatting	Have Your Team Review a Word Document
Create form letters or mailing labels for distributing your business plan	Create a Mailing
Send your business plan by fax	Create a Fax Cover Sheet and Send a Fax