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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion content/en/cloud/tutorials/sharing-a-workspace.md
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Expand Up @@ -41,7 +41,15 @@ To share and collaborate on a design with a very wide audience:

#### Publish the design

- If you need multiple people to open a design, publish the design then create a link to share to people with access. You can give edit access to people who need to edit or comment on the design. [Learn how to publish a design](#).
- If you need multiple people to open a design, use the Share option. Under “General Access”, you can set the design to **Public** so anyone with the link can view or edit, or set it to **Private** so only specified people can access it. [Learn how to publish a design](/kanvas/designer/publishing-designs/).


{{< alert title="When a design is Public" type="info" >}}
- When a design is published (made public), viewers and commenters will have access to view, download, and copy the design.
- Editors will have the ability to change permissions and share the design with others.
- These permissions apply consistently to all public designs.
{{< /alert >}}

- Depending on your account’s settings, publishing a design makes it visible to everyone on the web, everyone in your organization, or a group of people in your organization. Be careful when publishing private or sensitive info.
- **Important:** Provider administrators and Organization administrators can limit who can access a published design. If you're an administrator, [learn how to control who can publish documents to the web](#).
- To remove a design from the web, you must stop publishing it. [Learn how to stop publishing a design](#).
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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion content/en/kanvas/designer/sharing/index.md
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Expand Up @@ -21,7 +21,13 @@ Designs have visibility statuses that defines who can access your designs. These

- **Private:** Designs with visibility status private define only you, the creator, and the user or team that have access based on granted access permission can view and edit the design. Other users cannot access it unless you explicitly share it with them.[^1]

- **Public:** Making a design "Public" makes it accessible to anyone on the internet who has the link or discovers it through public channels. By default, users accessing a Public design are granted permissions to view, comment on, and edit the design.
- **Public:** Making a design "Public" makes it accessible to anyone on the internet who has the link or discovers it through public channels.

{{< alert title="When a design is Public" type="info" >}}
- Viewers and commenters can view, download, print, and copy the design.
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Could you please clarify what "print" refers to here? Is it an action, and if so, does it correspond to a specific button?

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- Editors can change permissions and share the design with others.
- This permission model applies to all public designs.
{{< /alert >}}

{{< alert title="Why use public" type="info">}}
Public status is useful for sharing designs broadly, for example, as open-source templates, public demonstrations, or for soliciting feedback from a wider community. If your goal is to share broadly only within your organization, consider using a combination of private designs shared with specific organization-wide teams or workspaces.
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