BACKGROUND

Field of Disclosure

The present disclosure generally relates to a document management system, and more specifically to sharing documents managed by the document management system during an online sharing session.

Description of the Related Art

In collaborative environments where participants are located in different geographical locations, document sharing tools are used to share documents between the participants. However, conventional document sharing tools merely share an image of the display screen of one of the participants of the collaborative session. Furthermore, during the collaborative session, a participant may annotate the document being shared with other participants in the collaborative session. However, an annotation created by a first participant using a first type of device may appear different on a second type of device of a second participant since conventional document sharing tools are merely sharing an image of the display screen of one of the participants.

SUMMARY

A document management system is configured to manage one or more documents that include content. A document stored in the document management system may be shared with multiple participants during an online sharing session. During the online sharing session, the document itself is shared with the participants of the online sharing session rather than merely an image of a display screen of one of the participants. The shared document may be the document in its entirety or may be a portion of the entire document.

In one embodiment, the document management system may receive an annotation to content included in the shared document. An appearance and location of the annotation added to the shared document during the online session is consistent across the devices of the participants even though different types of devices are used by the participants during the online session.

