synchronization of files

[JJL]

Hello. Two questions:
1) So if multiple people are editing the same file - how does that get
resolved? What if they were editing the same line - who's changes take
precidence?
2) Do we end up saving our document (word for example) in a 'groove' folder
on our hard drive? on our network? is the document stored in your file
repository?
Thanks.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I had an Excel file that several departments whanted to share. I asked the
Excel MVPs about that and they told me to avoid it at all costs.
Unfortunately these departments insisted. It 's a nightmare just waiting to
happen. I no longer work with that file so I can't tell you if it's still
working properly. Just the other week we had another instance of various
depts wanting to share a spreadsheet. I talked them out of that one.

Why is it necessary for multiple people to access the file at the same time?

 

[Db]

in access, the database could
be edited.

however, others could only
view the database while it
was being edited.

basically access allowed one
instance of editing and it
locked the database as
read only for every one
else.

might want to search for
collaboration or
locking users

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[Bob I]

Not so, Access should be set to lock only the record actually being
edited. See Record locking in Access Help.