Aug 03 2020 11:56 AM
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 that option.
Open a document in Word
Click the Share option on the top right
Enter the person to share with
Choose Share option (Only gives Can Edit and Can View)
Am I missing something?
Thanks
Ron
Aug 03 2020 02:04 PM
Solution
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.
Aug 03 2020 02:15 PM
Thank you! I appreciate the quick response!
Aug 11 2020 09:45 AM
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