File sharing on one laptop with 2 accounts

First off I wanna say that I am new and I haven't been in this forum before (so please don't flame me if this thread is in the wrong place).....
My wife and I are still getting used to our new macbook pro. We have set up seperate accounts for each other so she can keep her work info seperate from my school info.
However, I would like to be able to share files like photos and office documents and spreadsheets between us. I know there is a way we can do this, but I haven't figured it out on the apple platform just yet.
With this being said does anyone have a few nuggets of knowledge on this issue? Any bit would be appreciated

Go to:
Apple Menu > System Preferences > Sharing > File Sharing
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