Team Collaboration: Using Microsoft® Office for More Effective Teamwork

Chapter 8. Working on Shared Documents in Word

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Controlling the editing of a document

• Basic collaboration tools: comments and revision marks

• Comparing and combining documents

• Coauthoring documents in Word

TEAMS OFTEN PRODUCE and distribute the content they use internally—such as meeting summaries, task lists, and status reports—without formal reviews. However, the documents, spreadsheets, and presentations that teams share with clients, partners, executives, and others need to meet a high bar. That means additional care is required to ensure that the content is accurate and persuasive and that the formatting is clear and well designed.

In Chapter 4, you saw how you can incorporate many of the formatting options in Office programs into ...