Concurrent Review using Word

Question

Hi, would anyone be able to tell me whether the new version of Word allows for concurrent review or whether there are any bolt ons that might enable this?

By concurrent review my challenge is this - An author creates a document and then sends it out to 5 people to review - either the five people need to review in series (each taking the annotated version from the reviewer before them), or they can do it concurrently but will/may/(should? :)) all raise the same review comments.

MS Access works on the principle of a real time file - is it possible that with the new One Drive tech MS Word is going to allow the same for reviews.

I.e. I send out a doc for review to 5 people, then they all access the same file and see other peoples review comments being added in real time (if they are reviewing at the same time).

Any ideas would be gratefully received

Thanks,

Greg

Answer 1

Hello Greg,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for posting your query.

Let me assist you with Word issue.

You may use the real time co-authoring feature available in Office Web Apps and check if it helps.

http://blogs.office.com/2013/11/06/collaboration-just-got-easier-real-time-co-authoring-now-available-in-office-web-apps/

If you want to do coauthoring using Word 2013, you need use SharePoint.

For more information about the same you may post in SharePoint forum.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/sharepoint/

I hope the above information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance.

Thank you.