Co-authoring in Excel requires the latest version of Excel installed, and you will need to sign-in to Office with an Office 365 subscription account. The Excel mobile app and the latest version of Excel for Office 365 also support co-authoring. If just one person does this, then everyone else will get the ‘locked’ error - even if everyone else is using a version that does support co-authoring.Ĭo-authoring is supported for Word and PowerPoint on all devices and versions more recent than Office 2010. Using different versions of an applicationĪnother common reason for failed co-authoring is if someone has opened a document with a version that doesn’t support co-authoring. For Office 365 subscribers the AutoSave feature is located in the upper-left corner in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
AutoSave can be enabled when a file is stored in OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, or SharePoint Online. AutoSave is offĪutoSave automatically saves your changes to the cloud as you are working and lets other people see your changes instantly so make sure it’s switched on. In this article I’ll share a few common reasons why co-authoring may not work and how you can resolve it. Most of the time it works smoothly but from time to time you may experience some issues. Co-authoring is a feature that allows multiple people to work together in one document simultaneously without interruption.
