1. A method for providing notifications to collaborators of a document, comprising: accessing a document, via a first device of a first user, that is accessible simultaneously by a plurality of devices of other users to collaborate on the document; associating, via a user interface on the first device of the first user, at least one other user with one or more sections of the document, wherein the at least one other user is allowed to edit the one or more sections via another device; displaying, in the user interface, a refresh control; in response to receiving a selection of the refresh control, requesting from the plurality of devices of the other users edits made to the document by the other users; in response to receiving the edits to the document made by the other users to the one or more sections associated with the at least one other user via the other device: updating the user interface to indicate a position in the document at which the at least one other user has focus in the document at the time of the selection of the refresh control, updating a status of authoring for the one or more sections associated with the at least one other user, wherein the status of authoring is automatically set for a given section in response to a given user making edits to the given section, and updating content in the document based on the edits made between the selection of the refresh control and a prior selection of the refresh control.