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  Co-authoring with Office 2010 (2 posts)

• Scott C. Mayo said 1 year, 11 months ago:

  If you want to co-author an Office document, the following information can save you some headaches.
  The people who want to co-author must open the same file/document, stored in the same location (that supports co-authoring) and it must be opened using the same type of client.

  Supported Servers:
  • SharePoint 2010
  • SkyDrive (partial)

  Supported Office Web Apps:
  • Excel (no desktop support)
  • OneNote

  Supported Office Desktop Applications (no web app support):
  • Word
  • PPT

  The file cannot be opened/checked-out by a client that does not support co-authoring. An example of this would be if somebody has a Word document opened for editing in the Word Web App, the document cannot be co-authored. The document will have to be checked back in by the Word Web App then Word Desktop Applications can open and co-author the document.

• Jeff Cate said 7 months ago:

  Here is the official page on Office Online that explains this in more detail:

  http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/document-collaboration-and-co-authoring-HA101812148.aspx#_Toc264012790