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by jacobdi 1876 days ago
I used to work for a company making a bet against live collaboration in spreadsheets. I now see the error in my ways. A spreadsheet party in Excel would just be a nightclub that one person can enter at a time.
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Office 365 online has a pretty decent multiplayer Excel setup - it has limitations but in general it works pretty well. Great for document reviews/edits (works for Word and Powerpoint as well).
Yes, 365 has definitely elevated Excel's collaboration. But in my experience, it has speed issues that can cause more problems than it solves.
It’s been a disaster for us. Seems like Smartsheet and Google sheets shouldn’t exist, but multi-person collaboration in Office is a disaster.