Patricia,

Actually, you can limit the ability of others to write over what the author
of a G.Doc has written.
     I used G.Docs in an online course last winter.  When you give access
to someone else, you have a choice of whether to give them (a) *viewing
access* which includes posting comments but not editing the original
document, or (b) *editing access* which does allow them to re-write the
original document.

Dee Fink



On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Patricia Weinstein
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> You can set privacy limits on Google docs so only those individuals who you
> specify can access the document. You cannot stop those with access from
> writing over someone else, but you can view the revision history (under
> File) and see who has edited what.
>



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