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## What is collaborative editing
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Collaborative editing enables multiple users to work on the same content simultaneously.
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Collaborative editing is a feature that enables multiple users to work on the same content simultaneously - edit specific parts of the content or review them.
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The system automatically tracks changes, allowing seamless collaboration within a single content item.
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Users can edit and review content in real time, making teamwork faster, more efficient, and streamlining the content review process.
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## How does collaborative editing work
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Collaborative editing allows to work together on the same content item in real time.
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Collaborative editing allows to work together on the same content item.
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This is done through a collaboration session.
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When you create a new draft of a content item, you can start a collaboration session by clicking the **Share** button.
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When you create a new draft of content item you can invite other users to join a collaboration session, thanks to [CKEditor collaboration features](https://ckeditor.com/ckeditor-5/capabilities/collaboration-features/).
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This action generates a unique session for that draft.
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You can invite other users to join the session, both internal and external.
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Once they accept the invitation, they are able to join you in the editor and make changes in real time.
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Everyone in the session can see each other's updates as they happen—no more switching between tools or waiting for feedback.
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You can invite other users to join the session, both internal and external:
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-**Internal** - by searching their name or email address. These users can either edit the content item or preview it, depending on your choice.
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-**External** - by providing their email address in the field. They can only preview the content item.
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Once they accept the invitation, they are able to join you in editing content item or reviewing it.
You can change the access for the users anytime - change the access or remove it.
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Additionally, you can share a direct link to the collaborative session using a **Copy link** button.
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Link is copied to the clipboard and you can share it with the users through communication channels.
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After inviting users to a collaboration session, users receive a notification visible on the main dashboard or by email.
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### Real-time editing
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Real-time collaboration is a premium feature thtat works by syncing changes in real time, so everyone can see updates instantly.
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Avatars of the users invited to collaboration session are visible at the top of the editing screen, also in distraction free mode.
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While editing Rich Text fields, you can see colored tracking tags with user avatar thumbnails that indicate who is currently working on it.
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Everyone in the session can see each other's updates as they happen — no more switching between tools or waiting for feedback.
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This makes content creation and review faster, more interactive, and much easier to manage as a team.
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## Capabilities
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### Editing content item
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Real-time collaboration is enabled in rich text fields.
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Collaborative editing is enabled in Rich Text fields.
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Other fields are disabled and can be only edited by the owner of the content item.
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Real-time collaboration is available for the following content types containing rich text fields:
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Collaboration is available for the following content types containing Rich Text fields:
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- Article
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## How to get started
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To start collaborative editing, you need to invite collaborators.
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To do it, click the **Share** button, which creates a new collaboration session.
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Then, in a pop-up window, you can invite users to newly created session.
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To start collaborative editing, you need to invite collaborators using the **Share** button.
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Collaboration session begins when first invited user accepts the invitation and joins the session
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## Benefits
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### Enhanced teamwork
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All the users invitated to the collaboration session can share ideas, make suggestions, and refine each other’s work in a shared environment, fostering a stronger sense of team ownership and collaboration.
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All the users invitated to the collaboration session can share ideas, make suggestions, and refine each other’s work in a shared environment, creating a stronger sense of team ownership and collaboration.
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