## Shared Prototypes - General Operations

### Share Prototype

To share a prototype is the very first operation one needs to perform to start working with a team on the same prototype. This operation will upload the prototype to a Justinmind server and will ask you to invite people to edit it.

There are two ways to share a prototype:

Share an empty prototype

If you want to start working on a prototype from scratch, go to File menu and select New->Shared Prototype. A new empty prototype will be created and immediately uploaded and shared with the people you select.

Share currently opened prototype

If you want to share a local project you have been working on, first open it and then go to Share menu and select Share.

When the share operation is selected, you will be required to enter a name for the new shared prototype. This name will be the one which indentifies the prototype in the server, hence it will be the name every other user with permission will see before opening it.

In addition, if you have publish permission to more than one account, you will also be required to indicate the account where you want to upload the prototype to.

Click the button ‘Share’ to upload the prototype.

Once the prototype is uploaded, you will be asked to invite users so they can open and edit this prototype. For more information about how to invite users, see the operation Add/Remove users.

The user who shares a prototype, will automatically become the prototype’s owner.

### Open Shared Prototype

If you want to work on a shared prototype you have been invited to or you own, you first need to open it. However, since a shared prototype has no physical file associated, you need to use this specific open operation.

You will find this operation in the File menu.

To open a shared prototype, perform the following steps:

1. Select the option ‘Open Shared Prototype...’ from the menu.

2. A list of all shared prototypes you have access to, will be displayed in a dialog. Select the prototype you want to open and click on ‘Open’.