Mimi

Tested it on our V2 Sharepoint site and simply clicking the link doesn't
allow sharing or tracking, if however you 'check it out', the menu options
light up. Now, I am testing remotely via telnet and there's only me, but I
think the idea of check-out is to stop others changing the file while
someone else is in it. You'll have to test this bit with a colleague

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
DTHIS
www.nickhodge.co.uk


"Mimi" wrote in message
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Thanks. I appreciate it.

"Nick Hodge" wrote:

Mimi

I'll try and look this up, but SharePoint dos say collaboration and
sharing,
but not necessarily at the same time. I have a deployment at work and
I'll
try and test

--
HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
DTHIS
www.nickhodge.co.uk


"Mimi" wrote in message
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Ok, thanks. But what it looks like is once you open up an Excel file
through
SharePoint, it doesn't allow you to "share" the file since SharePoint
is
actually a collaboration tool which implies "sharing". Once I open the
file
through SharePoint, I go to Tools, then Track Changes, and the choices
are
greyed out. Also the Share Workbook option under Tools is greyed out.
So,
am I correct in assuming that it is not possible to use Track Changes
for
files opened through SharePoint Services 2.0?

"Nick Hodge" wrote:

Mimi

As I understand it, change tracking is only turned on if you share the
file.
This must be done explicitly, it's not done by SharePoint

--
HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
DTHIS
www.nickhodge.co.uk


"Mimi" wrote in message
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I'm not sure if this question should be here or on the SharePoint
forum.
Is change tracking automatically disabled when you open an Excel
file
through SharePoint Services 2.0? I tried to access it by
tools/track
changes, but Track Changes is greyed out when I open the file
through
our
SharePoint Services team site. I want to make sure it is not an
error
on
my
part.
I am the Software trainer and I try to be prepared for any questions
my
students/co-workers have and this is a problem I ran across while
preparing
my beginners Excel 2003 class.