If you’re ever curious about who edited specific text in a Google Docs document, there’s a quick and easy way to find out. Just open the document in question, click on the “View Source” button (or press Ctrl+S on a PC), and look for the “Edited by” line near the top. If you see someone’s name listed there, it means they edited the document last. ..
When you collaborate on a document, it’s important to see what changes. In Google Docs, one way to do this is to review the version history. But for Google business users, there’s a quicker way to see specific content changes.
How the Show Editors Feature Works
This handy feature is called Show Editors and with it, you can see who changed certain content in Google Docs and when that change was made. Plus, you can view everyone who edited that particular content.
The benefit to the Show Editors feature is that you don’t have to fish through the version history to see when changes were made or by whom. This is especially useful for edits to individual words or even characters.
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How to Show Editors in Google Docs
Open your document in Google Docs and select the content you want to check. As examples, you can select a word by double-clicking it, a phrase by dragging your cursor through it, or an image by simply clicking it.
With the content selected, right-click and choose “Show Editors” from the shortcut menu.
You’ll see a small pop-up window display with the name of the user who changed that content and the date and time they did so.
Click “Show More” in that pop-up window to see if anyone else changed that content.
This shows all edits with the names, dates, and times.
If you want the details on those edits, you can click “See Version History” in the small window. This opens the Version History sidebar.
Select the date and time and you’ll see color-coding for each person and their corresponding changes in the document.
For a simple way to see document edits without spending time reviewing the version history, remember this convenient feature when sharing in Google Docs.
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