sharing files is a really important
feature in Google Drive when you share a
file with someone else it makes it
easier to collaborate on the document
rather than sending different versions
of the document back and forth through
email everyone can work on the same
document at once to share a file on your
Google Drive just select it then click
the share button near the upper right
a dialog box will appear and from here
you can start entering the email
addresses of the people you want to
share with and if you're sharing with
multiple people just separate each one
with a comma
you can also decide how much control
these people will have over the document
for example you can give them full
permission to edit and change the
document only we've comments or just
view the document in this example I want
everyone to be able to edit the document
and so I'm going to leave this setting
alone
it's also important to note that anyone
you share with this way will require
their own Google account to view or edit
the file next will include a short
message to let everyone know what the
file is about then click send
another way to share a file is with a
link you'll start the same way by
selecting the file and then clicking the
share button when the dialog box appears
select get shareable link
you can then copy and paste this link to
share it with anyone even if they don't
have a Google account in this example
I'm pasting it into an email message to
quickly share the file
happens after you share a file on Google
Drive well Google Drive has some really
powerful co-authoring features for
example if we open our document we can
see that some of the other people we
shared the file with are viewing it as
well
the real-time co-authoring feature
allows everyone to work on the document
at the same time everyone's changes will
be indicated with a cursor by their name
so you can tell who's doing what in the
document
it's also easy to leave comment
so you can talk back and forth with one
another to insert a comment just select
something in the file right click and
then choose comment
element box will appear on the right and
from here you can add a short note about
this part of the document
co-authors will then be able to respond
directly to you these features make it
much easier to collaborate on a document
and work out details with your
co-authors in real time
okay now that you know the basics you're
ready to jump in and start collaborating
and sharing on Google Drive