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Service Advice re: Only use Excel Online when co-authoring Excel workbooks
With Excel Online you can work on Excel workbooks with others in real time. This is known as co-authoring.
Word and PowerPoint, in addition to the Online version, will also support co-authoring in your University desktop software application.
However, to co-author in Excel you must use the Excel online App via your web browser.
NB Attempting to co-author in Excel 2016 desktop application may corrupt your Excel workbook.
When you need to co-author an Excel workbook just follow the simple steps below. For more detail - just type ‘co-authoring’ in the ‘tell me what you want to do’ tab on the top menu bar.
(1) Go to the UoP Portal ( https://portal.Plymouth.ac.uk )
(2) Click on the Apps icon (top left of screen)
(3) Launch the Excel App
(4) Create a new, or Open an existing, Excel sheet
(5) Use the ‘share’ tab (top right of Excel on-line)
You must use Excel Workbooks in .xlsx, .xlsm, or .xlsb files format. If your file isn’t in this format, open the file and then click File > Save As > Browse > Save as type. Change the format to Excel Workbook (*.xlsx).
During the next software service release (UWSS 2019) scheduled for this summer, it is intended to update the Excel desktop to a version and that will have the co-authoring function.