How to enable chat on Google Docs?

In the outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of companies across the world have chosen to or been forced to go digital. With many parts of the world still under lockdown, we do not know when or whether we’ll be able to go back to our previous work culture.

Thankfully, the applications of 2021 are perfectly capable of facilitating collaborative work, making sure you always get the tools you need to keep up the camaraderie. One of the leading text editors in the business, Google Docs, also facilitates collaboration.

How to enable chat in Docs as a user

• For regular, non-organization Google users, the chat in Google Docs is already enabled by default though, you can’t disable it even if you want. So, open any Google Docs file and the chat is enabled for you.
• But on the organizational Google accounts that are not the gmail.com IDs, it’s in the organization’s hands to enable or disable the chat feature on Google Docs. If you need to enable chat in Google Docs fr your organization, then you need an admin account with super administrator privileges to make the necessary changes in your Google Workspace settings.

How to enable chat in Docs as an admin

• First, log in to your Google Admin Console with the account that has super administrator privileges. Once you land on the homepage, go to ‘Apps.’
• Next, go to ‘Google Workspace.’
• Now, go to ‘Google Chats and Classing Hangouts.’
• Then, click on the down arrow on the right of the ‘Service status.’ Choose which groups the changes would apply to.
• Finally, set the service settings to ‘Chat and classing Hangouts’ and hit the ‘Save’ button.

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