Jan 24 2018
08:28 AM
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02:14 PM
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TechCommunityAP
Jan 24 2018
08:28 AM
- last edited on
Feb 01 2023
02:14 PM
by
TechCommunityAP
Is it possible to share a Word 365 document such that viewers may add comments?
We want to get people's input but don't want them to make changes to the document. There's too many people and would be impossible to manage.
Google Docs has this feature, so I'm hoping that Word does too.
Jan 24 2018 10:19 AM
Yes, use the Protect document feature as detailed here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Allow-changes-to-parts-of-a-protected-document-187ED01C-879...
Jan 24 2018 10:39 AM
Thank you.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong here, but what we need is a way to have 6 people add comments, simultaneously while we go through a rather large document.
This feature seems to not be compatible with Word in the cloud and as a result would need everyone to download a local copy of the document, which could cause syncing and versioning issues.
Do you have a solution to that?
Jan 24 2018 10:46 AM
Alternatively, if there's something else in the O365 suite that might be able to help us, what is that?
Jan 25 2018 12:18 AM
Co-authoring (simultaneous edit) is definitely supported in O365, as long as the file itself is stored within a document library with versioning enabled. Some elements of a document can only be edited via the full desktop version though (which still allows co-authoring).
May 05 2020 01:19 PM
@Vasil Michev
I came accross this as well. I am working in a school environment and would like students only to be able to comment on a certain literary text. I was able to protect the document from changes, but that forces students to open the document in their Word app instead of remaining in the browser. Not all students, however, have installed Word or there are cases, in which students only have a A1 licence. In these cases they would not be able to comment a document online, which is a pitty and because of which I have to move these documents to google docs which allows online commenting of a document. It would be a great addition, if Office365 would enable online commenting (without being able to make changes)!
Mar 08 2021 12:56 PM
So far, it sounds as though the answer to this question, with viewers/commenters using the Word 365 web interface, is no. :(