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Working together

Editing at the same time

Everyone who opens a document can work on it at the same moment. You see other people's changes as they type, their cursors in their own colors, and their profile pictures at the top of the editor. Nothing gets overwritten: all changes are merged automatically.

Comments

Select some text, then choose Add comment from the right-click menu, press the comment button in the toolbar, or press Ctrl+Alt+M.

  • Commented text is highlighted. Hover over it to peek at the comment, or click it to open the conversation in the comments panel.
  • Reply to keep the conversation going, and Resolve it when you are done. Resolved comments move to the Resolved tab and can be reopened. Replying to a resolved comment reopens it too.
  • You can edit and delete your own comments. The owner can delete any comment.

Everyone who can open the document can read comments. Owners, editors and suggesters can write them.

Suggesting changes

Switch from Editing to Suggesting at the top of the editor to propose changes instead of making them directly. Each change opens a small box where you can adjust the new text and add a note. Suggestions show as crossed-out text with the proposed text next to it.

Owners and editors Accept or Reject suggestions in the Suggestions tab of the comments panel. People with the suggester role are always in suggesting mode. You can take back your own suggestion while it is still waiting.

The formatting toolbar is hidden while suggesting, because some of its buttons change the document directly.

Version history

TypstDrive keeps snapshots of your document so you can look back or undo larger mistakes.

When versions are saved

  • When someone who changed the document leaves it.
  • When you choose File → Save Version or press Ctrl+S.
  • Nothing is saved if nothing changed. Automatic saves that happen within 15 minutes of each other are merged into one.

Looking back

Open History from the toolbar. Versions are grouped by day and show who saved them and who edited in between. Select a version to see what changed, or compare it with the document as it is now.

Restoring

Owners and editors can give a version a name and restore it. Restoring first saves the current text as a new version, so you can always change your mind.

An administrator may limit how many versions each document keeps.