Sharing research with a group — and collecting theirs back
One file, many people: send a set of research notes to everyone studying the same subject, and gather what they send back into a single, combined set of your own.
When several people are digging into the same subject, the research usually ends up scattered — one person found the cross-references, another the historical background, a third the illustrations. Reading each other's screenshots is not the same as having the material in your own library, on the same verses, searchable next year.
Because a share file is just a file, one export serves the whole group, and the same mechanism carries their work back to you.
Step by step
Tag your research as you gather it
Give the subject a tag in JW Library so the set stays together. In Study Explorer you can add a tag to notes in bulk if you didn't tag them at the time.
Create one share file for the group
At jwsync.org/share.html choose Send notes, load your backup, pick the subject's tag from the tag filter, hit Select all and create the file.
Post it once
Send the same file to everyone — a group chat, an email to several people, whatever the group already uses. There's no per-person setup and no server copy.
Ask for theirs in return
Each person can do exactly the same from their side. Add each file you receive to your backup in turn, giving each import its own tag — the sender's name works well — so you can always tell whose research is whose.
One combined set, still attributable
After a few rounds you have the group's whole research on the subject in your own library, on the right paragraphs and verses, with each contribution tagged by source. Search finds all of it at once; the tags let you separate it again whenever you want to.
Nobody has to expose their library
Everyone shares only the notes they tick. The rest of each person's library — private study, personal reminders, everything else — never enters the file.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a limit on how many notes I can share at once?
- Practically, no. Notes are small; a large set still produces a file you can send in a message.
- What if two people send me the same note?
- You'll see it twice, each under its sender's tag. Study Explorer's search makes near-duplicates easy to spot and delete.
- Can someone receive without sending anything back?
- Yes. Receiving and sending are independent — nobody is obliged to share to be able to add what they were given.