12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising allowing the other users to add a comment to the electronic document despite the lock to prevent edit access by the other users.
8. A method comprising: providing an electronic document to a device of a user of a plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document as part of a collaborative editing of the electronic document; invoking, using a hardware processor, a lock to prevent edit access by other users of the multiple users of the electronic document in response to the receiving of an input from the device of the user to edit the electronic document that prevents edit access by other users of the plurality of users that have edit access to the electronic document; sending a save confirmation to the device of the user based on saving content provided by the device; and receiving a release from the device of the user in response to the device receiving the save confirmation that releases the lock.