It’s easy to share a document with other people from within Docs; for example, you can send a sharing invitation to colleagues that gives them access to view or edit the file.
Share a Document
- Click the Share button.
- Enter the email address(es) for the people you want to share with.
Sharing a document with someone else usually gives them editing priviliges.
- Click the Permissions list arrow.
- Select a permissions level.
- Can edit: Anyone who has been invited to the document can make changes and share the file with others.
- Can comment: Anyone who has been invited is able to make comments and suggestions but can’t make changes or share the file with others.
- Can view: Anyone who has been invited is only able to view the document, not make changes or share the file with others.
- Click Send.
An email invitation is sent, and the document is now added to the Google Drive of everyone you shared it with.
Change Share Settings
- Click the Share button.
- Click Advanced.
Here you see a list of everyone the document is shared with, as well as their permissions.
- Click the permissions button for the person whose permissions you want to change.
- Select a permissions level.
- Click Save changes.
- Click Done.
The Share settings are changed to the permissions level you specified.
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