Document Follow

Introduced in v12

Document Follow is a feature that allows users to track changes in documents via email notifications.

1. How to Activate Document Follow

  1. Activate Settings > My Settings.
  2. Select "Send Notifications for documents followed by me" in the Document Follow section.
  3. Decide how often you wish to receive emails.
  4. Email notifications are now available for the documents you follow.

1.1 How to Follow documents

  1. You can choose to follow any document if you get there.
  2. Then select "Follow."

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  1. You can unfollow a document after following it.
  2. Keep in mind that only documents whose track changes are enabled can be followed.
  3. Go to Menu > Customize > select the Track Changes checkbox to enable track changes.

1.2 Automatic Follow

Activating Document Follow under the following circumstances will cause the document to be automatically followed:

  • whenever you start a fresh document.
  • any time you change a document.
  • utilize the heart icon to indicate your liking for a document.
  • You will be following the document if another user shares it with you or adds you to it.

An email notification for Document Follow will seem as follows:

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