Edit a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file with others

Work on the same Word, Excel or PowerPoint file at the same time as your colleagues in Drime's Office editor, see their changes live and chat with them.

Updated October 21, 2026Web

Word, Excel and PowerPoint files open in the Office editor, inside Drime. When several people open the same file, they edit it together and see each other's changes as they happen.

#Edit together

Share the file, or the folder that holds it, with each person, with edit rights.
See Who can edit an Office document.
Each person double-clicks the file in Drime.
It opens in the Office editor, in their Drime language.
Edit at the same time.
Everyone's changes show up live in the document.

By default, changes appear live as people type. The editor also offers a strict co-editing mode, which each person can choose for themselves.

The editor has a chat, to talk with the other people in the document without leaving it.

#What else you can do together

Comment on the document: see Comment in an Office document.
Suggest changes the others can accept or reject: see Track changes in an Office document.

Your work is saved to Drime when everyone has closed the document. See How Office documents are saved, and their versions.

#If it doesn't work

When the editor cannot open, Drime shows Could not load the document editor. with a Try again button, and an explanation under it:

Explanation	What to do
An ad blocker or privacy extension is blocking the editing service	Allow the domain the message names, or turn off the extension for Drime, then click Try again.
The editor loaded but the document never opened	A browser extension (ad blocker, privacy tool or antivirus) may block the connection. Turn them off for Drime and try again.
The editing service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again in a few minutes.	The problem is on Drime's side. Wait a few minutes, then try again.
The document could not be prepared for editing. Please try again later.	Try again later.
The editing service did not respond. Check your connection and try again.	Check your internet connection, then click Try again.

If the document opens but you cannot change anything, you do not have edit rights on it: see Who can edit an Office document.

#Next steps

Who can edit an Office document
How Office documents are saved, and their versions
Open and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files

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#Edit together

Share the file, or the folder that holds it, with each person, with edit rights.

Each person double-clicks the file in Drime.

Edit at the same time.

#What else you can do together

#If it doesn't work

#Next steps

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