7. The method of claim 1 , wherein: both the first user and the second user have editor privileges associated with the electronic document and the first edit is made by the first user while operating in a reviewing mode, the editor privileges allow the first user and the second user to (1) accept and reject suggested edits provided by a third user who has reviewer privileges and (2) make direct edits to the electronic document that do not require acceptance to be implemented in the electronic document, the reviewer privileges allow the third user to provided suggested edits and prohibit the third user from accepting or rejecting any suggested edits, and when the first user operates in the reviewing mode, the first user's editor privileges are temporarily changed to reviewer privileges.
1. A method for incorporating a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document, comprising: receiving, by a processor of a review manager, the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, the review manager managing concurrent updates to the electronic document by multiple users comprising a first user and a second user, the review manager comprising a processor and a memory unit; identifying, by the processor of the review manager, a shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document; determining, by the processor of the review manager based on the shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, whether the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit by determining whether the first edit is made by the first user with a first set of permissions and the second edit is made by the second user with a second set of permissions larger than the first set of permissions; responsive to determining, based on the shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, that the second edit is not privileged relative to the first edit, requiring, by the processor of the review manager, the second edit to be independently accepted prior to incorporating the second edit into the first edit; and responsive to determining, based on the shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, that the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit, incorporating, by the processor of the review manager, the second edit into the first edit without requiring the second edit to be independently accepted, and responsive to receiving an acceptance of the first edit from an editor of the electronic document, causing, by the processor of the review manager, the first edit and the second edit to be automatically accepted.