What is Document Collaboration Software?

Posted by Dana Larson on July 20, 2010

You’ve probably experienced the pains of emailing files and documents to team members in almost every job you held, correct? Unfortunately, this isn’t the most effective way to share and collaborate on documents. But don’t worry - this is just the way the corporate world has been trained.

However, now that you are aware of the truth, it’s time to find a better document collaboration software solution that will save time, email inbox space and undue stress when working together on files.

But wait - what is document collaboration software?

Document collaboration software is an online software solution that allows users to store and share documents and files in an online account. However, the collaboration comes into place when the solution also allows users to edit files together, comment on edits being made, and store various versions of the file so edits and past versions are not lost.

You and your team should be able to - utilizing effective document collaboration software - upload one version of a file, review the file, offer comments on the file, edit the file, upload a new version of the file and finalize the file.

If you’d like this document collaboration to be included in an online collaboration solution, make sure you do some research to find the solution that can offer you everything you need to make your business more efficient and effective.

By working effectively with your team on all documents you create, you’ll be producing the best file possible. And it’ll be easy when you leverage the right online solution.

 
Dana_larson Dana Larson - OnePlace Marketing Manager. Dana represents the best of a new generation of communicators adept at engaging across all media, from traditional to social. A sweet but somewhat snarky gal whose career in marketing has easily transcended from big agency to agile small business, Dana blogs regularly about business, collaboration and productivity solutions at http://blog.oneplacehome.com. You can reach Dana at dana.larson at oneplacehome dot com.

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Document collaboration is a subset of knowledge management, in my opinion. You need to find a good way to store all team knowledge and make sure team members have easy access to it, otherwise that knowledge gets lost and a lot of rework happens.


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