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[quinzero]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Hi, i'm working with a coworker on PC with office 2007. We have both access to a shared folder (onto a leopard server). When the PC save a document and close it, it opens as a read only file. We have both read-write permissions into this folder. I don't have this problem on a 10.5 mac. Note that i can save the document onto the dekstop and then drop it into the shared folder, it replaces the file without any problem!!
is there a change into the way office operates right access with 10.6 system ??

 

[Jim Gordon Mac MVP]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor:
Intel Hi, i'm working with a coworker on PC with office 2007. We have
both access to a shared folder (onto a leopard server). When the PC save
a document and close it, it opens as a read only file. We have both
read-write permissions into this folder. I don't have this problem on a
10.5 mac. Note that i can save the document onto the dekstop and then
drop it into the shared folder, it replaces the file without any problem!!
is there a change into the way office operates right access with 10.6
system ??

This does sound like a MacOS server problem. You might want to contact
Apple support or post this problem in Apple discussion forums to see if
anyone else has come across this and may have a solution for you.

Essentially, the file is locked for editing (read-only) until the OS
recognizes the PC has closed the file. Apparently, Mac OS isn't seeing
the PC let go of the file. Of course, make sure the copy of Excel and
the operating system on the PC are fully updated, as well as the OS on
the machine that contains the shared folder. You'll need the exact
version numbers and update version of Windows AND Excel on the PC and
MacOS on the shared machine before you can even start to make heads or
tails of this one.

-Jim

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

This does sound like a MacOS server problem. You might want to contact
Apple support or post this problem in Apple discussion forums to see if
anyone else has come across this and may have a solution for you.

Essentially, the file is locked for editing (read-only) until the OS
recognizes the PC has closed the file. Apparently, Mac OS isn't seeing
the PC let go of the file. Of course, make sure the copy of Excel and
the operating system on the PC are fully updated, as well as the OS on
the machine that contains the shared folder. You'll need the exact
version numbers and update version of Windows AND Excel on the PC and
MacOS on the shared machine before you can even start to make heads or
tails of this one.

-Jim

Just a thought, but what hapens if the PC user quits Excel after
updating, saving and closing the file? Is it still read only when the
Mac opens it with the PC copy of Excel closed?