Use MDO File Locking when you are sharing a Microsoft Access (MDB or ACCDB) file with a colleague. A file lock is used to prevent two people from opening and updating the same Access database file at the same time, resulting in one person’s updates wiping out the other’s. File Locking is available in the [...]

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

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 [...]

Use MDO File Locking when you are sharing a Word or other word processing document with others. A file lock is used to prevent two people from opening and updating the same document at the same time, resulting in one person’s updates wiping out the other’s. File Locking is available for Word in the My [...]

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 [...]

Once you Give a file deleting your copy of the file DOES NOT remove the recipient’s copy. If you wish to cancel or  ”take back” a file delivered using Give do this instead: In the web browser interface select the file by checking the box next to it. Click the “Details” button You will see file [...]

There are different options to deliver files to people who do not have login IDs to your account. The simplest is to use the “Share” feature in the web browser interface or the Desktop App. You select one or more uploaded files, click “Share” and enter the recipient’s email address.  From there you’re given two [...]

Your Public folder allows you to move selected files to a location within My Docs Online where the files can be “served” to any user’s browser using a file-specific URL. URLs pointing to files in your Public folder can be used in web pages, copied into your emails or other documents, etc. To use this [...]