For all our online document creation and sharing, we use the immensely popular Google Doc. It is secure, easy to use, and free. Talking of file sharing, Google Doc allows multiple people to access, view, and edit a file. The permission to edit is entirely dependent on the original author. You can also see who are the people who viewed your Google Doc. Normally, if a person with whom you shared a file, you would know if they edited or commented on it. Earlier there was no scope to know who viewed a shared doc file.
If you work for any firm, then it’s good to know whether the document has been viewed by the required people associated with the file. Thankfully, the latest version of Google Docs comes with the G Suite Activity Monitor that allows us to know the viewers of a particular document file. Let’s see how.
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Who Viewed Your Google Doc
- Launch Google Drive
- Look for any doc file that has been shared in your organization. Open it
- In the menu bar click Tools > select Activity Monitor
- Then click on All Viewers
Note
Along with Viewers you also get to know who commented on your file. There is an option Comments Trend that shows the comments in a graphical representation.
