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Share a Document

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The Spreadsheet control supports document sharing. A user can access the same document on multiple devices, or several users can edit the same document simultaneously. Document sharing requires the following:

  • Multiple users/devices access the same document from a shared folder.
  • Multiple users/devices access the same document from the control’s document storage.

This collaboration feature may benefit teams that must work on the same document and/or access the same document from multiple devices. For instance, a user can start working with a document on a desktop machine and continue editing the same document on a mobile device.

Important

Users can overwrite each other’s changes when the Spreadsheet is in multi-user edit mode.

#Limitations

Document sharing has the following limitations:

  • Users do not receive notifications about changes made by others. A user needs to update a page to view changes/modifications.
  • All users share clipboard content. A user can inadvertently paste content that was copied by a different user.
  • All users share a document’s change history. A user can undo changes made by a different user.
  • When one user closes a document, others users will see a “Your session has expired” error when refreshing the document.

#Prevent Document Sharing

Use one of the following techniques to prevent document sharing: