You can’t co-author using the mobile Office apps, but then again, would you want to? The Right Version of Office It’s early days yet but having the ability for concurrent editing of protected files with desktop apps is an important step forward for those of us who prefer desktop Office to its online counterpart. Now available as a preview, both co-authoring and autosave work, but only if supported by the tenant configuration and if users have the right software. For this reason, the autosave feature built into Office to capture changes on an ongoing basis also didn’t work. When they edit files protected by a sensitivity label with encryption, the desktop apps take an exclusive lock to allow the apps to remove protection and then reapply it when the edit session finishes. ![]() Up to now, co-authoring was only possible when everyone uses the Office Online apps (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). One of the many announcements at the recent Ignite event covers co-authoring of Office files protected by a sensitivity label with encryption. ![]()
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