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Sharing files is a really important
feature in Google Drive. When you share a

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file someone else, it makes it easier to
cooperate on the document.

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Rather than sending different versions
of the document back and forth through email,

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everyone can work on the same
document at once.

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To share a file from your Google Drive,  just select it, then click the Share button

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near the upper-right.

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A dialog box will appear, and from here
you can start entering the email

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addresses that the people you want to
share with.

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If you're sharing with multiple people, just separate each one with a comma.

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You can also decide how much control
these people will have over a document.

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For example, you can give them full
permission to edit and change the document,

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only leave comments,

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or only view the document.

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In this example, I want everyone to be able to edit the document so I'm going to leave this setting alone.

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It's also important to note that anyone you share with this way will require their

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own Google Account to view or edit the
file.

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Next, we'll include a short message to let
everyone know if the file is about,

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then click Send.

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Another way to share files is with a link.

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You'll start the same way by selecting
the file and then clicking the Share button.

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When the dialog box appears, select Get
shareable link.

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You can then copy and paste

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this link to share it with anyone, even
if they don't have a Google account.

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In this example, I'm pasting it into an
email message to quickly share the file.

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So, what happens after you share a file on Google Drive?

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Well, Google Drive has some really
powerful co-authoring features.

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For example, if we open our document we
can see that some of the other people we

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shared the file with are viewing it as
well.

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The real-time co-authoring feature
allows everyone to work on the document

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at the same time.

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Everyone's changes will be indicated
with a cursor by their names so you can

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tell who's doing what the document.

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It's also easy to leave comments to

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talk back and forth with one another.

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To insert a comment, select something
in the file, right-click,

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and then choose Comment.

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A comment box will appear on the right, and from here you can add a short note about

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this part of the document.

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Your co-authors will then be able to respond directly to you.

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These features much easier to collaborate on a document

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and work out details with your co-authors in real time.

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OK, now you know the basics,so you're ready to jump in and start collaborating and sharing on Google Drive.