Signals Notebook: How to work on office documents Simultaneously

This article intent is to clarify that multiple users can collaborate on the same experiment and also the correct way in which users should work at the same time without overwriting their colleagues progress.

Their are four scenarios all described in the Signals notebook user guide under the section: Simultaneous Editing Of MS Office Documents and they are...

1. Both users are using Office Online.
2. Both users are using MS Office Desktop and User 1 opens the file first.
3. User 1 is using Office Online, User 2 is using MS Office Desktop and User 1 opens the file first.
4. User 1 is using MS Office Desktop, User 2 is using Office Online and User 1 opens the file first

Some users might got to the question on how should they use the feature effectively after getting the Lock message in office files for the same person.

You can get the details of each scenario by clicking on the previous hyperlink.