Sharing documents in your SkyDrive Pro library allows other people in your organization to view or edit your documents. You can collaborate on documents by giving selected people edit permissions. Likewise, you can collaborate on other people’s documents that you’ve been invited to share.
Note You can share any type of document with co-workers and grant them read or editing permission; the document doesn’t have to be a Word or other Office document.
Note The capabilities described in this article depend on whether your organization has set up or customized personal sites and profiles. See your SharePoint administrator for details.
Edit documents that are shared with you
When someone shares a document with you, you typically receive an email notification that contains a link to the document in your co-worker’s library. You may be invited to edit the document or to simply read and review the document.
Note If the shared document is a Word or PowerPoint document, you can take advantage of the co-editing features available in those programs.
Note The capabilities described here depend on whether your organization has set up or customized personal sites and profiles. See your SharePoint administrator for details.
To edit a document that someone has shared with you:
- Click the document link in the email you received informing you that a co-worker has shared a document with you.
- If you have edit permission, check out the document if that’s required—and then edit the document in Word, PowerPoint, or another Office program.
If you don’t have edit permission, you won’t be able to edit it. Instead, you can review and save any edits separately.
- Click File > Save to save your changes.
To review a document that someone has shared with you:
- Click the document link in the email you received informing you that a co-worker has shared a document with you.
- Review or edit the read-only document and save any work in a separate file.
- Send a link to the file in an email message to the document owner and any other coauthors.
If you’re granted edit permissions, you can edit the document. If you don’t have edit permissions, save your notes and edits to a separate file, and send a link to the document to the document owner and any others who are collaborating with you.
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Share your SkyDrive Pro documents and folders
You can share documents in your SkyDrive Pro library by inviting people in your organization to view or edit a folder of documents or a single document, and by granting those people viewing or editing permission.
You can share a folder or document in your Sky Drive Pro library by clicking the ellipsis (…) to the right of the entry, clicking Share, and inviting people to view or edit your document.
You can also add more names to the list of people who are already invited to view or edit a folder or document, by clicking the Shared with some people 
icon in the Sharing column and inviting more people to view or edit the document.
For more information about sharing Sky Drive Pro content, see Share documents with others. If you work in a SharePoint or Office 365 environment and want information about sharing external documents, see Share sites or documents with people outside your organization.
Tip To keep track of changes to a document that you’ve invited others to edit, follow the document. Then you’ll see newsfeed notifications whenever someone updates the document.
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Return to earlier document versions
When multiple people are editing one of your documents, SkyDrive Pro keeps track of the last person who edited it and the date of those changes. The most recent edits appear in the default view, but you’ll see an option to revert to an earlier version, as described in Manage document versions.
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