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First published on Monday, Mar 16, 2026 and last modified on Monday, Mar 16, 2026 by François Chaplais.
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1 Introduction
Dynamic collaboration in Documents Live means that if you include work from a collaborator, and if they update their content, then a single click in your container document will refresh it with the updated material.
No need for endless copying and pasting!
Let’s detail the main steps to enable this kind of collaboration.
2 Get the reference for your collaborator’s content
Go to your collaborator’s document. Since he is your collaborator, you have access to the document.
Before going on, make sure that the "Fetch labels" mode in enabled from the status bar.
Enable label fetching
Click where you want to fetch content. A list of possible references is proposed, reflecting the hierarchy of the content.
Select the element you are interested in; its reference is now in the clipboard.
3 Insert your collaborator’s content into your own
In your source code, insert the macro for content insertion (the macro is available in the editor toolbar). In the macro, paste the reference you copied in the previous step.
\begin{import}
\refInput{}
\end{import}Save the code, compile, and the collaborator’s content is automatically inserted where you want it to be.
4 Dynamic updates
f your collaborator updates his content (and shares the information with you), simply update your document page and your collaborator’s content will automatically refresh to the latest version.
This will apply to all updates, eliminating the need to consult your collaborator’s content!