Abstract: Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for handling collaboration and providing visualizations of annotations in a formatted document linked to a source application. One or more copies of a formatted file are generated by a document visualization/collaboration system (DVCS) from a source document. Each copy has an exported document format and contains content from the source document. A determination is made by the DVCS that annotations made by collaborators exist in respective copies of the one or more copies of the formatted file. The annotations are imported by the DVCS. Each annotation includes a name of a collaborator and a positional tag identifying a position in the collaborator's respective copy of the formatted file.