A spreadsheet at my work is often being used by other employees. When I open
it it tells me the file is in use so I click on Notify so I know when it is
available. My problem is after about 30 to 45 minutes the spreadsheet will
close and disappear from the taskbar. The spreadsheet is located on one of
our file servers running Win 2003 Server. I run Win XP Pro and the version
of Office is 2003 SP2. Is there a way to set a limit on how long to wait for
the notification? I've never encountered this before.

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"Joe D." wrote:

A spreadsheet at my work is often being used by other employees. When I open
it it tells me the file is in use so I click on Notify so I know when it is
available. My problem is after about 30 to 45 minutes the spreadsheet will
close and disappear from the taskbar. The spreadsheet is located on one of
our file servers running Win 2003 Server. I run Win XP Pro and the version
of Office is 2003 SP2. Is there a way to set a limit on how long to wait for
the notification? I've never encountered this before.