Office 365, notably Excel 2013, sometimes has a problem opening an XLS or XLSX file by double clicking, open with, or when launched via the Desktop App using View or Lock & Open. However if  you open Excel first, then use File…Open and select a file in a local folder it will open correctly. It’s […]

The Desktop App’s Lock & Open / Save & Unlock feature for controlled editing and updates requires that each user’s computer have an application capable of both opening and saving the file being used, and keeping the original file’s type (extension). A common issue arises when a file created with newer versions of Excel (an […]

Use MDO File Locking when you are sharing an Excel spreadsheet with others. A file lock is used to prevent two people from opening and updating the same spreadsheet at the same time, resulting in one person’s updates wiping out the other’s. File Locking is available for Excel in the My Docs Online Desktop App, which […]

Web Folders is the Microsoft term for an internet connectivity method called WebDAV, though you will see it called simply a “Network Location” in Vista and Windows 7, or a “Network Place” in Windows XP. WebDAV stands for “Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning”. It allows users to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote web […]

There are two common reasons why an Excel or Word file can be opened “read-only” using Web Folders, but cannot be saved back to the My Docs Online Web Folder location. Folders other than the Group “Root Folder” If permissions for the sub-account are set to “View Only” the user will be able to open, […]

Advanced techniques for using Microsoft Office and My Docs Online For users who need to share the frequent updating or editing of Word or Excel files, the ability of the WebDAV protocol used by MS Web Folders to “lock” a file while a user has the file open for update provides a simple yet powerful […]

Users can share the updating or editing of Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint files using a combination of My Docs Online WebDAV support and Microsoft Web Folders, without having to worry about the “intervening update” problem. for details see our Solutions Newsletter article: Advanced techniques for using Microsoft Office and My Docs Online.