Next: Print and download files You can share with people who aren't on Google Workspace, too. In this section, you learn how to:Get started with Sheets
Share documents, spreadsheets, or presentations with
individuals or large groups of people. You can share with people inside or outside your organization. People can make changes at the same time, and you can see changes as they happen.
Share files in Drive, Docs, Sheets, or Slides
Note: Sharing options vary by group size:
- Up to 100: You can let up to 100 people with view, edit, or comment permissions work on a Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides file at the same time.
- 100 or more: When 100 people or more are accessing a file, only the owner and some users with editing permissions can edit the file. To let more than 100 people view your file at the same time, publish it as a web page instead.
Share a file or folder with specific people:
- Select the file you want to share.
- Click Share or Share
.
- Enter the email address you want to share with.
- To decide what role people will have on your file, select Viewer, Commenter, or Editor.
- Choose to notify people.
- If you want to notify people that you shared an item with them, check the box next to Notify people. If you notify people, each email address you enter will be included in the email.
- If you don't want to notify people, uncheck the box.
- Click Send or Share.
Allow general access to a file:
You can choose if your file should be available to anyone or restricted to only the people with access. If you allow access to anyone with the link, your folder won't restrict who can access it.
- Select the file you want to share.
- Click Share or Share .
- Under “General access”, click the Down arrow
.
- Choose who can access the file.
- To decide what role people will have with your file, select Viewer, Commenter, or
Editor.
- Learn more about how others view, comment, or edit files.
- Click Done.
Unshare files in Drive, Docs, Sheets, or Slides
Stop sharing a file or folder you own:
Remove a link to a file or folder you own:
Add comments and replies in Docs, Sheets, or Slides
- In Docs, Sheets, or Slides, select the text you'd like to comment on.
- Click Add comment .
- Enter your comment in the box.
- (Optional) To direct your task or comment to a specific person, enter a plus sign (+) followed by their email address. You can add as many people as you want. Each person will get an email with your comment and a link to the file.
- (Optional) To assign the comment to a specific person, check the Assign to box.
- Click Comment or Assign.
Note: If a file reaches the maximum number of comments, you can make a copy of the file without copying over any comments.
Suggest edits in Docs
Note: This feature is only available in Google Docs.
In Docs, you can also propose changes directly in the document without editing the text by suggesting an edit. Your suggestions won’t change the original text until the document owner approves them. You must have edit or comment access to the document to suggest changes.
Chat with people directly in Docs, Sheets, or Slides
You can collaborate within documents, spreadsheets, or presentations over chat, too. If more than one person has your file open, just click Show chat to open a group chat. You can get instant feedback without ever leaving your file.
Collaborate on documents and spreadsheets in a Gmail chat space
Note: This feature is only available in Google Docs and Google Sheets.
You can collaborate on shared Docs and Sheets files with team members directly in a Gmail chat space. The document or spreadsheet opens in the chat window, next to the conversation, letting you chat while collaborating on the file together.
When you collaborate with your team members, you can edit, format, share, and rename files without leaving Gmail. To work with comments or use other features from Docs or Sheets, open the file in a new tab.
You can collaborate on shared Google Docs and Sheets with people directly in a space. The document or spreadsheet opens in the chat window, next to the conversation, where you can chat while you collaborate on the file together.
When you collaborate on a file with people in a space, you can edit, format, share, and rename it without leaving Gmail or Google Chat. To work with comments or use other features from Docs or Sheets, open the file in a new tab.
- Go to Google Chat or your Gmail account.
- Select a space. Expand the space to full screen.
- At the top right, click Close .
- Optional: To open the document in a new browser tab, at the top right of the conversation preview, click Open in a new tab .
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