Share documents safely

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Permissions control who views, comments or edits. Use the narrowest permission needed and check recipients before sending a link. Practice: Create a view-only link and inspect the general-access setting before copying it. Try this in the application, check the result, then save your work in your IT Practice folder. If an option is unavailable on your device, use the equivalent Microsoft or Google app and record what you observed.

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Share documents safely means Permissions control who views, comments or edits. Use the narrowest permission needed and check recipients before sending a link. Practice: Create a view-only link and inspect the general-access setting before copying it. Try this in the application, check the result, then save your work in your IT Practice folder. If an option is unavailable on your device, use the equivalent Microsoft or Google app and record what you observed For example, What is the safest permission if someone only needs to read a file? Do this in the named application, inspect the result, and save a clearly named copy. This makes the skill repeatable in school, work and everyday online tasks.

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