Troubleshoot Co Authoring Word Documents. Two persons can edit the same Word document at the same time and. To get started using real-time co-authoring save your Word 2016 document to OneDrive OneDrive for Business or SharePoint Online.
If you want to co-author in the Word desktop application use Word 2010 or later. This video will show you how multiple people can work on a file together at the same time inside Office 365. To co-author a document with others you need to save the document to a OneDrive or a SharePoint folder.
Documents with Track Changes enabled do not support real-time typing in Word but you can still co-author.
Store your document on OneDrive to take advantage of co-authoring in Word. To remove an author on the Info screen right-click on the authors name and select Remove Person from the popup menu. Both programs crash unexpectedly but with no warning or error message. Documents with Track Changes enabled do not support real-time typing in Word but you can still co-author.