# Joining another person's document

There are several ways to join another person's Coda or SubEthaEdit document.

You can browse the documents that are being shared by other people on your local network. To view available shared documents:

- Click the sharing button at the bottom of the file browser to open the Shared Documents pane:

In the Shared Documents pane, you'll see a list of everyone on your local network who is running either Coda or SubEthaEdit. If they have documents available for connecting, they'll be listed under the person's name. Double-click on a document to connect to it.

Click the sharing button again to hide the Shared Documents pane.

If the other person is not on your local network, but you know their computer's IP or host address, you can connect using that.

To connect to another person's documents by IP or host address:

1. Click the sharing button at the bottom of the file browser to open the Shared Documents pane:

2. Click Connect To...

3. Enter the IP or host address of the other person's computer
4. Click Connect

The remote person can find their public IP address easily by visiting a web site such as whatismyip.com.

If the person you are connecting to has both Coda and SubEthaEdit open on the same computer, the person joining may need to increment the default port number (for example, from 6942 to 6943). To specify a port, add a colon at the end of the address, followed by the port number, such as `10.0.1.1:6943`

To make connection easier, the person hosting the document may choose File > Copy Sharing URL, which will place a URL for the shared document on the clipboard. This URL can then be sent to the person attempting to join.