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From: JJL on 7 Jun 2010 10:04
Hello. Two questions:
1) So if multiple people are editing the same file - how does that get
resolved? What if they were editing the same line - who's changes take
precidence?
2) Do we end up saving our document (word for example) in a 'groove' folder
on our hard drive? on our network? is the document stored in your file
repository?
Thanks.
From: JoAnn Paules [MVP] on 7 Jun 2010 11:20
I had an Excel file that several departments whanted to share. I asked the
Excel MVPs about that and they told me to avoid it at all costs.
Unfortunately these departments insisted. It 's a nightmare just waiting to
happen. I no longer work with that file so I can't tell you if it's still
working properly. Just the other week we had another instance of various
depts wanting to share a spreadsheet. I talked them out of that one.

Why is it necessary for multiple people to access the file at the same time?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"JJL" <JJL(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello. Two questions:
> 1) So if multiple people are editing the same file - how does that get
> resolved? What if they were editing the same line - who's changes take
> precidence?
> 2) Do we end up saving our document (word for example) in a 'groove'
> folder
> on our hard drive? on our network? is the document stored in your file
> repository?
> Thanks.


From: Db on 7 Jun 2010 16:08
in access, the database could
be edited.

however, others could only
view the database while it
was being edited.

basically access allowed one
instance of editing and it
locked the database as
read only for every one
else.

might want to search for
collaboration or
locking users

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"JJL" <JJL(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3A7A1A45-322A-4646-A31A-A38DF7466EA4(a)microsoft.com...
> Hello. Two questions:
> 1) So if multiple people are editing the same file - how does that get
> resolved? What if they were editing the same line - who's changes take
> precidence?
> 2) Do we end up saving our document (word for example) in a 'groove'
> folder
> on our hard drive? on our network? is the document stored in your file
> repository?
> Thanks.

From: Bob I on 7 Jun 2010 17:45
Not so, Access should be set to lock only the record actually being
edited. See Record locking in Access Help.

Db wrote:
> in access, the database could
> be edited.
>
> however, others could only
> view the database while it
> was being edited.
>
> basically access allowed one
> instance of editing and it
> locked the database as
> read only for every one
> else.
>
> might want to search for
> collaboration or
> locking users
>

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