# Your first document. Your next step.

Start with a few words. Let the work take shape from there.

## Create a place for the idea.

Open Dee and sign in with Google. Choose New document to begin a personal draft, or open a Space you belong to and create the document there.

Add a title and a few notes. Write in the visual editor or switch to Markdown, then choose Create to keep your first version. A personal document starts private.

## Invite another perspective.

When you are ready to share a personal document, add a collaborator using their registered Dee email address. Choose viewer, editor, or administrator access to match how they will participate.

You can also enable a sharing link with a chosen joining role. Someone opening the link signs in and explicitly joins. Copying an ordinary document link alone does not grant access.

For work that continues across several documents, create or use a Space and manage membership there.

## Talk about the detail that matters.

Open the discussion beside the document to add a message. Start a thread from a message when a question needs its own conversation.

Quote a passage from saved content or a message so others can check the original context. Mention a collaborator when you want to draw their attention, and add an image when it explains the point more clearly. Mentions do not grant document access.

## Give yourself a way back.

Use in-app notifications and unread progress to find conversations that need your attention. Follow a discussion you want to return to, or mute it when you need less interruption.

Your follow, mute, and read states are personal. You can keep track of your own involvement while collaborators manage theirs.

## Return, revise, and save the next version.

Return through the document's link to read the current saved content. Choose Edit, update the title or writing, and save when the next version is ready.

If someone else saved while you were editing, Dee shows a conflict and keeps your input available so you can review the newer content and bring the changes together. Local drafts help recover unfinished input in the same browser; they are not a cross-device backup.

A quoted passage can take you to an earlier saved version for reading. That exact version and the current document remain distinct, so you can check what was discussed before continuing.

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