Where does it get the name of the person who has the file open?

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Jim
"Maxitrol" wrote in message
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| We have an Excel file that is used by several different persons. When
| someone is already in the file in edit mode and another person tries to go
| in, it will usually tell them that the file is already in use by 'x
person'.
| Sometimes, however, it will only say that the file is in use by ' '.
Where
| does it get the name of the person who has the file open? Is it dependent
on
| which version of Excel is being used? We would always like it to show the
| actual person's signon who is using the file.
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