Collaborative editing of documents - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41885.0&return_msg=41885.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41885.1">1–4</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41885.1">Collaborative editing of documents</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41885_1_4_10"> <a name="a41885_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_41885_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">14 Feb 2017 09:14</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 4</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41885.1">41885.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Anyone got any good experience of some sort of collaborative document editing software, mainly for Excel spreadsheets? <br /> <br /> I imagine this is a common issue and has possibly been solved with one of Microsoft's more online versions of office? But in my new job there's a large amount of costings spreadsheets that fly around for new projects, everyone has their input and their little bit to sort. Problem is when people start emailing the documents rather than editing on the shared drives. Which then results in stuff getting missed, copy of copy of copy of etc. <br /> <br /> I think a simple rule of, don't email the document, email a link, would help massively, and many people do stick to that already. But some people still send the file as an attachment which ruins the whole process.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41885.1&return_msg=41885.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41885.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41885_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41885_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Serg (NUKKLEAR)<span class="message_time">14 Feb 2017 12:11</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Feb 2017 12:44"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 4</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41885.2">41885.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41885.1#a41885_1" target="_self">41885.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Google Sheets does that automatically, though I don't know how "live" it updates the other open copies if you're updating something in a spreadsheet.<br /><br /> Office365 can do this too through Sharepoint (I love O365 Sharepoint), but I think it's less simultaneous-multi-user. You can use the web version of Excel to edit a spreadsheet that's online in Sharepoint, which as far as I remember locks the spreadsheet so that there are no conflicts.<br /><br /> Or you could write something in MS Access?<br /> <span class="emoticon e_giantcool" title="(rar)"><span class="e__">(rar)</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41885.2&return_msg=41885.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41885.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41885_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41885_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">14 Feb 2017 23:01</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Feb 2017 23:01"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 4</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41885.3">41885.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41885.1#a41885_1" target="_self">41885.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> This <em>is</em> a common issue and has <em>definitely</em> been solved <em>BY USING THE RIGHT FUCKING TOOL FOR THE JOB: I.E. A DATABASE WITH AN ONLINE GUI.</em> <p>You should configure Exchange to block attachments for internal messages and go thump everyone who complains. </p><p>Also, everyone who recommends Sharepoint needs a slap too.</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41885.3&return_msg=41885.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41885.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41885_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_41885_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Manthorp<span class="message_time">15 Feb 2017 07:15</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">4 of 4</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41885.4">41885.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Sergiuiuiui is right about Google Sheets. You can tweak collaboratively, with a live message feed on the same page. If it's anything like Google Docs, then it updates in something like real time.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41885.4&return_msg=41885.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41885.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>