Yes, Word (and only Word) can edit collaboratively on the desktop if the document is in SharePoint (and OneDrive, because OneDrive is SharePoint).
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Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
The article says that other office apps can only do collaborative document work in their browser versions, but I thought Word can do it natively as long as the document is in OneDrive/Sharepoint/whatever microsoft came up with next?
I recall opening a shared document locally with Word and being able to collaborate.
Nevertheless, amazing news for Libre software!
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 year ago
Nah, excel and ppt collab is also possible in the desktop apps.
dustyData@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Only for OneDrive. SharePoint documents lock excel tables and only one person can edit at a time. Though multiple instances can see and update the changes as the locked version is updated. Something about credentials.
Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 year ago
Ah OK, that might be true. Because I’m fairly certain I saw multiple users at the same time on the desktop app for an excel sheet located in SharePoint
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Really? I tried it about a year ago and the official answer from Microsoft was that it was unsupported.
Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Okay yeah thought I misunderstood something. Thanks!
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And teams is SharePoint too…lol pieces of shit software.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes MS office can do it natively in the apps now. but that does use one drive sync.
Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Yeah I assumed old info as well. And with electronjs allowing web apps to run as native apps I also have suspicions that the version between web and native is going to blur out with MS apps.
I am so hyped for Libre software. Inkscape is another amazing software that has come a long way recently.