Introduction

Word 2000 has a new Online Collaboration feature that allows you to have discussion for a Word document. There are 2 types of discussion: Inline and General.

There is a new item "Online Collaboration" under the Tools menu. That is where you can start the online discussion. Screencam (1.62 MB) : to start online collaboration. After choosing Online Collaboration, a discussion toolbar will appear at the bottom of the screen, and a discussion panel will also appear. You can choose to show or hide the discussion panel. Screencam (487 KB) : showing/hiding discussion.

New Online Discussion Features That May Be Useful for Instructional Uses

Inline Discussion for a Document
Screencam (2.81 MB) : inserting inline discussion for a document.
Screencam (298 KB) : viewing inline discussion for a document.
Screencam (267 KB) : replying discussion.

General Discussion for a Document
Screencam (1.67 MB) : inserting general discussion for a document.
Screencam (389 KB) : viewing general discussion for a document.

Filtering the Discussion Threads
Screencam (764 KB) : filtering discussion threads.

Subscription to a Document
Screencam (569 KB) : subscribing to a document.

Editing a Document Online and Saving it Back to Server Directly