Share a document by link
Send one document to six people and have it stay current for all of them.
Sharing by link sends the address of one document. Everybody who opens it is looking at the same copy, kept in one place.
An attachment sends a copy instead, so the change you make on Friday never reaches them.
Key points
- A link sends the address of one document, kept in one place
- An attachment sends a copy that stops being current
What to remember
- Decide who the link works for before you send it.
- A link points at one document. An attachment hands out copies.
Try this
Open something you keep online and press Share. Read who the link would work for before you send it anywhere.
Practice: Share a document by link. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.