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Collaborative Working
Posted: January 7th, 2009, 16:33
by friznit
I said WORKING, you dirty cunts
Is it possible to get something that easily lets a 3 or 4 people edit a Microsoft Office document (ppt, doc or xls) simultaneously, same as Google docs lets you but with MS products?
I have a file server, so sharing the docs is already covered, but if one person has it open already everyone else gets Read Only access. I need everyone to have Write access at the same time. It's be useful if this also came with video/voice conf etc in the same package.
Sharepoint Portal Server seems a bit overkill and I'm not sure it'd do what I want anyway.
I'm thinking MSN Live, although that is horribly clogged with gayness and adverts. Google is ok, but won't play with MS Office because they want you to use Googledocs.
Anything else out there that you know of?
Posted: January 7th, 2009, 16:48
by Stoat
Microsoft have Live Office, I think. I haven't used it though.
Posted: January 7th, 2009, 16:53
by FatherJack
Adobe talked about doing one, Adobe Share, but Office Live Workspace(
http://workspace.officelive.com/LearnMore) is the cut-down, free version of Sharepoint.
Not sure any of them allow simultaneous writing though, how would it resolve two people editing the same bit? Usually someone would 'check out' a document, work on it, then check it back in.
What you're after is perhaps less document sharing, but more a discussion tool with whiteboarding features - so you 'discuss' the document at the same time, and everyone sees the edits as they happen. That just needs a connection, not a special server all can see.
Posted: January 7th, 2009, 16:53
by HereComesPete
Urm, can't you create a document and then share it so multiple people can access/edit it at the same time? I thought that came with office? I work from shared docs all the time when I actually go to work and I can't remember the precise steps but I recall it being quite simple to let everyone have access. Is that live office?
/not very helpful.
Posted: January 7th, 2009, 17:01
by Killavodka
HereComesPete wrote:(Asks more questions than he answered)
Posted: January 7th, 2009, 19:26
by Baliame
Killavodka wrote:(Captain Obvious for the rescue)
Posted: January 7th, 2009, 19:45
by spoodie
spoodie wrote:(I love lamp)
Posted: January 7th, 2009, 23:00
by ProfHawking
I love lamp wrote:What's a hypotenuse?
Posted: January 7th, 2009, 23:57
by Hehulk
ProfHawking wrote:(Tangents occuring, right here, right now)
Posted: January 8th, 2009, 0:02
by deject
Hehulk wrote:(Cosines occuring, right here, right now)
Posted: January 8th, 2009, 2:09
by Anhamgrimmar
deject wrote: SOCATOA up in this bizitch
Posted: January 8th, 2009, 2:40
by Fear
<s>SOCATOA</s> SOHCAHTOA
/pedant
Posted: January 8th, 2009, 3:11
by deject
Fear wrote:<s>SOCATOA</s> SOHCAHTOA
/pedant
you may be pedantic, but you are quite right.
Posted: January 8th, 2009, 10:16
by ProfHawking
ok back on topic. ive just been using google docs, i can confirm it allows more than one user to edit a file at once. i dont know how. i suspect google pixies and magic
Posted: January 8th, 2009, 10:50
by friznit
ProfHawking wrote:ok back on topic. ive just been using google docs, i can confirm it allows more than one user to edit a file at once. i dont know how. i suspect google pixies and magic
Hurrah, full circle thread! That is indeed what I want to achieve, but with MS Office docs.
What FJ said...
FJ wrote:What you're after is perhaps less document sharing, but more a discussion tool with whiteboarding features - so you 'discuss' the document at the same time, and everyone sees the edits as they happen. That just needs a connection, not a special server all can see.
...is exactly what I'm after.
Going to check out Office Live Workspace. Ta!