Multiple people can now edit the same Folio document at once — 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 set an existing collaborator) with the Editor role.
- When you both open the document, you're co-editing. A Live co-editing · Beta badge 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. Viewers and reviewers still get the read-and-comment experience; only Editor collaborators edit the text.
What you'll see
- Live cursors — each collaborator's caret, labelled with their name in their own color.
- Shared selections — when someone highlights text, you see it highlighted in their color.
- Presence — collaborator avatars next to the word count, with an Active / Idle / Away dot.
- Live formatting — font, citation style, and line spacing are editor-settable 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.