Is there any option to share a MS Word Document

[cssriraman]

Hi all,

We can share a workbook using the share workbook option in MS-Excel. Is it possible to share a Word Document?

If this facility is available then one user can work on page 1 and another user will work on page 10 and so on.

Let me know your suggestions.

Thanks,

CS.

[RobDog888]

From Word

About Document Workspaces

A Document Workspace site is a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services site that is centered around one or more documents. Colleagues can easily work together on the document — either by working directly on the Document Workspace copy or by working on their own copy, which they can update periodically with changes that have been saved to the copy on the Document Workspace site.

Creation of Document Workspaces

Typically, you create a Document Workspace when you use e-mail to send a document as a shared attachment. As the sender of the shared attachment, you become the administrator of the Document Workspace, and all the recipients become members of the Document Workspace, where they are granted permission to contribute to the site.

Another common way to create a Document Workspace is to use the Shared Workspace task pane (Tools menu) in a Microsoft Office program. You can also use commands on a Windows SharePoint Services site to create a Document Workspace.

When you create a Document Workspace from a shared attachment, the site carries the same name as the document on which it is based. When you create a Document Workspace from the Shared Workspace task pane or by using commands on a Windows SharePoint Services site, you can specify any name for the site.

Note When you use the Shared Workspace task pane, you can create Document Workspaces in Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, and Microsoft Office Visio 2003 only.

When you create a Document Workspace, your Office document is stored in a document library in the new Document Workspace, where members can access it by opening it in a Web browser or in a Microsoft Office program.

Document Workspace features

Because a Document Workspace is a Windows SharePoint Services site, members can use Windows SharePoint Services features, such as using the Tasks list to assign each other to-do items, using the Links list to create hyperlinks to resource material, and storing related or supporting documents in the document library.

When you open the Document Workspace in a Web browser, you can customize it just as you would any Windows SharePoint Services Web site.

Document updating

Note Document updating is available only for documents and Single File Web Pages (MHTML) in Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, for documents only in Microsoft Office Visio 2003, and for XML files in Word and Excel.

When you use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Visio to open a local copy of the document on which the Document Workspace is based, the Microsoft Office program periodically gets updates from the Document Workspace and makes them available to you — for example, if other members have been editing their own copy of the document and have saved those changes to the Document Workspace.

If the changes to the workspace copy conflict with changes you've made to your copy, you can choose which copy to keep.

When you are finished editing your copy, you can save your changes to the Document Workspace, where they are available for the other members to incorporate into their copy of the document.

Note Details of how to merge changes and resolve conflicts between copies of the document differ for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.

[amrahs]

How to share the MS-Word document? so that more than one can work at a time

[RobDog888]

To create a Document Workspace site, you must have permission to create workspace sites on the Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services site where the Document Workspace site is located.

Overview of a Document Workspace site

A Document Workspace site is a SharePoint site that helps you to coordinate the development of one or more related documents with other people. The site provides tools to share and update files and to keep people informed about the status of those files.

When you create a site that is based on files from any of the following 2007 Microsoft Office system programs — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Visio — you can work directly in the file on the Document Workspace site or work on your own copy. You can periodically update your own copy with changes from the server or update the server with changes from your copy.

When you create a Document Workspace site, your file is stored in a document library on the site, where members can work with the file by using a Microsoft Office program or view the file in a Web browser. Members can also add related files to the library. A library is a location on a SharePoint site where you can create, collect, update, and manage files with team members. Libraries can track versions of files, so that people see a history of changes and can restore a previous version if necessary. Libraries can also require approval of files and require documents to be checked out to prevent people from making conflicting changes at the same time.

A Document Workspace site also provides lists that help your team to communicate and track tasks, such as announcements and links. For example, you might want to introduce a new team member who is working on the project or share a link to a related Web site. You can also sign up to get alerts for the document or the workspace, so that you receive an e-mail message when someone changes a document or adds new content.

[sirtickler]

How to share the MS-Word document? so that more than one can work at a time

You can use Codoxword (www.codoxware.com). It allows multiple people to edit the same MS Word document at the same time.