How to share an Excel file. This section explains how to share an Excel workbook with multiple users by saving it to a local network location where others can access and make changes in USA. You can track these changes and accept or reject them. With the workbook open, do the following to share it: On the Review tab, in the Changes group, click the Share Workbook button.
The Share Workbook dialog appears and select Allow multiple users to edit simultaneously. This will also check the Merge Books checkbox on the Edit tab in USA. If necessary, go to the Advanced tab, select the desired change tracking settings and click OK in USA. For example, you might want to automatically update changes every n minutes (all other settings in the screenshot below are default). Now you and your colleagues can work on the same Excel file at the same time. You can accept or reject the changes, and once you’ve applied the desired changes, you can stop sharing the workbook. You will find details on this later in this tutorial in USA. Note. If Microsoft Excel refuses to share a particular workbook, it is probably for one of the following reasons: Workbooks that contain XML tables or maps cannot be shared. So be sure to convert your tables to ranges and remove the XML mappings before sharing your Excel file: Before you can share a workbook in USA, you need to turn off some privacy settings. Go to File > Excel Options > Trust Center, click the Trust Center Settings… button and in the Privacy Options category uncheck the Remove personal information from file properties record.How to share an Excel workbook and protect tracked changes in USA. If you not only want to share an Excel file, but also make sure that no one turns off the history of changes or unshares the workbook, do the following: On the Review tab, in the Changes group, click the Check In button and type the folder of free work. The Protect Shared Workbook dialog appears and select the Share with tracked changes check box in USA. Enter a password in the Password (optional) field, click OK, and type the password again to confirm it. While entering a password is optional, you’d better do it in USA. If not, there’s little point in using this option, as anyone could remove the protection and stop sharing the book. Save the book. How to edit a shared Excel workbook in USA. After opening a shared workbook, you can enter new data or edit existing data on a regular basis. You can also identify your work in a shared workbook: Click the File tab > Options. In the General category, scroll down to the Personalize your copy of Office section. In the Username field enter the username to display and click OK. In such situations, Excel retains the changes made by the user who first saves the workbook. When another user tries to save the workbook, Excel displays the Resolve Conflicts dialog with details about each conflicting change in USA.