Simultaneous collaborative review of a document

A method for collaboratively reviewing a document, comprising:

• receiving an indication to lock the document while the document is being edited by a first user;
• while the document is locked for editing, receiving a comment to the document from a second user;
• automatically synchronizing the comment with the document;
• and
• providing the comment within the document to the first user.

A computing system, comprising:

• at least one processing unit;
• and
• at least one memory storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the at least one processing unit cause the computing system to:
• receive an indication to lock the document while the document is being edited by a first user;
• receive a comment to the document from a second user, wherein the comment is a suggested edit;
• receive an indication to accept the comment by the first user;
• and
• while the document is locked, automatically apply the suggested edit to the document.

A computer storage device storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by a processing unit cause the processing unit to:

• receive an indication to lock the document while the document is being edited by a first user;
• receive a comment to the document from a second user, wherein the comment is a suggested edit;
• receive an indication to accept the comment by the first user;
• and
• while the document is locked, automatically apply the suggested edit to the document.