Multiple people can edit the same Folio document at once, with live cursors, shared text selections, and conflict-free merging, built for academic writing with citations and source libraries. It's in Beta.
Turning it on
Co-editing turns on automatically; there's no switch to flip.
- Open the document and click Share.
- Invite someone (or change an existing collaborator) to Can edit.
- When you both open the document, you're co-editing. A Live co-editing badge with a Beta tag confirms the session.
It's available on Fellow and Chair. Only you, the owner, need a paid plan; the people you invite can join for free. People who can view or comment keep the reading and commenting experience; only collaborators who can edit change the text.
What you'll see
- Live cursors: each collaborator's caret, labeled with their name in their own color.
- Shared selections: when someone highlights text, you see it highlighted in their color.
- Presence: collaborator avatars in the editor's top bar, each with an Active, Idle or Away dot.
- Live formatting: font, citation style, and line spacing can be changed by anyone who can edit, and sync to everyone.
- Resilience: if your connection drops, the session reconnects on its own and re-syncs; nothing is lost.
Talk it through
Every shared document has a built-in chat (the bubble in the corner) for the people working on it, including an optional Chair-only Scholar AI advisor. See Sharing and collaborating.
Beta notes
- Your work autosaves continuously as you and your collaborators type.
- To avoid conflicts, don't edit the same document in a separate, non-collaborative browser tab at the same time.
- Found something off? Tell us. Co-editing with Folio's citations, footnotes, and figures is new, and your reports help us harden it.