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Capt_Ron
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Aug 03, 2020
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Document sharing "Suggestion Only" mode

Is there a way to Share a document in SharePoint Online with Suggestion Only?  Not Can Edit or Can View. I have users telling me that the feature was there and now it's not.  I do not recall having ...
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  • Andrew Hodges's avatar
    Andrew Hodges
    Aug 03, 2020

    Capt_Ron 

     

    There has never been a "Suggestion only" mode . There is a new "Open in read only mode" . 

     

    I don't think you are missing anything. 

     

     

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StephenRice
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Aug 11, 2020

Hi Capt_Ron,

 

You're actually in luck! We have just started rolling out a new feature for Word files called "Open in Review Mode". When selected from the link settings page, recipients are only allowed to make comments and suggest changes (via the track changes feature). They cannot approve their own changes to the doc. 

 

This is rolling out now and if your organization has it, it will show up in the share dialog in OneDrive web or SharePoint web (with the other endpoints coming soon!). Hope that helps!

 

Stephen Rice

Senior Program Manager, OneDrive

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