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Hey guys, just need to figure out a simple little function. I have to send,
via email, an excel file to the 5 execs of our company. they need to review this document and comment back with approval or denial. Currently, we just pass it around and they sign it when they can. I want to improve this by having the exec team together when they determine which way we are going with the business. Since they are always out of town, i need to comeback with a new solution that will accomodate their travel schedule. I want to place a text box in a worksheet in excel. I want to be able to have them comment and then leave a comment again after someone else has already commented. I would like the comment to be left with a signuature of who modified the process. thus creating a discussion forum for each and every product we create. I can't figure out how to do this. Please advise. thnank you! Brendan |
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I'm not sure how you're going to implement this.
If your execs can get back to a common server, maybe you could put that workbook there and turn on sharing (tools|share workbook). There are lots of features that are disabled when you share a workbook, though. If you can't share the workbook or they don't connect back to your intranet when they travel, then I think you'll have to play a round-robin type game. One exec gets it, does his or her thing and passes it to the next. If you send out individual copies to each executive, then combining those changes could mean lots of late nights and tears for the person who has to find the differences (you???). Even if you ask them to mark their changes, it'll be tough. They might forget or you could get conflicting updates. (It's a real pain!) If the workbook isn't too complex, maybe you could look into something like google docs. Google Docs offers a free online spreadsheet program (and a word processing program) that you may be able to use effectively. http://docs.google.com bpkelso wrote: Hey guys, just need to figure out a simple little function. I have to send, via email, an excel file to the 5 execs of our company. they need to review this document and comment back with approval or denial. Currently, we just pass it around and they sign it when they can. I want to improve this by having the exec team together when they determine which way we are going with the business. Since they are always out of town, i need to comeback with a new solution that will accomodate their travel schedule. I want to place a text box in a worksheet in excel. I want to be able to have them comment and then leave a comment again after someone else has already commented. I would like the comment to be left with a signuature of who modified the process. thus creating a discussion forum for each and every product we create. I can't figure out how to do this. Please advise. thnank you! Brendan -- Dave Peterson |
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Dave, thanks for the advice. I am just placing a larged merge cell as an
area for discussion currently. If anyone has any other advice, that would be great! thank you. "Dave Peterson" wrote: I'm not sure how you're going to implement this. If your execs can get back to a common server, maybe you could put that workbook there and turn on sharing (tools|share workbook). There are lots of features that are disabled when you share a workbook, though. If you can't share the workbook or they don't connect back to your intranet when they travel, then I think you'll have to play a round-robin type game. One exec gets it, does his or her thing and passes it to the next. If you send out individual copies to each executive, then combining those changes could mean lots of late nights and tears for the person who has to find the differences (you???). Even if you ask them to mark their changes, it'll be tough. They might forget or you could get conflicting updates. (It's a real pain!) If the workbook isn't too complex, maybe you could look into something like google docs. Google Docs offers a free online spreadsheet program (and a word processing program) that you may be able to use effectively. http://docs.google.com bpkelso wrote: Hey guys, just need to figure out a simple little function. I have to send, via email, an excel file to the 5 execs of our company. they need to review this document and comment back with approval or denial. Currently, we just pass it around and they sign it when they can. I want to improve this by having the exec team together when they determine which way we are going with the business. Since they are always out of town, i need to comeback with a new solution that will accomodate their travel schedule. I want to place a text box in a worksheet in excel. I want to be able to have them comment and then leave a comment again after someone else has already commented. I would like the comment to be left with a signuature of who modified the process. thus creating a discussion forum for each and every product we create. I can't figure out how to do this. Please advise. thnank you! Brendan -- Dave Peterson |
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