Ask the Experts: A 5-hour live discussion on all things Writer

Hello everyone! =]

Thanks to everyone who participated during our last month's session on using Writer for your custom workflows . 

This month, let's talk about all things Writer. From editing to formatting and collaboration, let us know if you have doubts, suggestions or feedback you'd like to pass on to the team.

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We're bringing experts from the following features of Writer to answer your questions live, from 07:00 AM PDT on the 29th (Thursday) for 5 hours straight.  Start posting your questions right away as comments below.

1. Document collaboration and review: Working together with your teammates or colleagues, tracking their changes, having contextual discussions through comments and the different markup modes.

2. Data Merging:  Creating template documents and generating personalized copies using Merge Fields from different data sources like CSV files, Zoho CRM, Zoho Creator, Zoho Sheet and more.

3. Writer for Mobile: Creating, editing and collaborating on documents on your iPhone, Android or iPad devices.

4. Writer Offline: Creating and editing documents without an internet connection.

5. Integrations: Using Writer with apps you already use—like WordPress, Adobe Sign, DocuSign, Zoho Sign and more.

That being said, feel free to ask questions about Writer in general, and also pass on your feedback to the team if you'd like to. Our experts will be happy to discuss them and give you possible solutions in real-time. :)

Start posting your questions right away as comments below! We'll be available to answer your questions live from 07:00 AM PDT on the 29th (Thursday) for 5 hours straight.

Looking forward to a great interactive session!

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