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Michael Jeffers

Ransom Lloyd Richardson

Dana Zircher

Hugh Francis Pyle

Edward J Fischer

Robert Sean Slapikoff

Christopher Norman

Douglas Lane Milvaney

Jonathan Seth Kaufthal

Charles Scott Walker

Travis Spomer

Matthew S Feczko

J David McCall

Save and synchronization status information is provided. The save and synchronization status information may be concise yet informative to a user and may provide an indication of the current save state of the document: 'saved,' 'dirty,' or &#x201c;saving.&#x201d; The indication of the current save state may be displayed in a consistent and reliable spot such that the user may reliably know where to look to find the document's save status. Other save states may be included, such as offline or error. The indication may be selectable, such that when selected, the user may see additional save and synchronization status detail, and may be enabled to rename the document.

Modern document save and synchronization status

Tools and techniques are described for synchronization and collaboration within peer-to-peer and client/server environments. These tools may provide methods that include establishing peer-to-peer relationships between two or more client systems. These relationships enable the client systems to create respective local instances of workspaces, shared between the client systems to allow them to collaborate with one another. The client systems may participate in peer-to-peer synchronization flows with one another, with the synchronization flows representing updates made local to the shared workspaces of the client systems. The methods may also establish establishing a client/server relationship between one of the client systems and a server system. Through this client/server relationship, the client and server systems may participate in client/server synchronization flows, with these flows representing updates made to the local shared workspace at the client system.

Synchronization and collaboration within peer-to-peer and client/server environments

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