MAC Vs PC MS Powerpoint - Read only

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Calvin Woods

When I am working on a file on a MAC and someone on a PC opens the same file,
they do not receive a read only notice and the document I am working on
becomes read only. I only know that it’s read only when I try to save it.

Has anyone seen this before?
 
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Calvin Woods

Steve Rindsberg said:
Not here but I work by myself and am pretty careful not to open the same file
from more than one computer at once. Are you the same person who posted a
similar problem to the Mac PPT group just recently? The one storing these files
on a NAS box?

If so, it's a good idea to include all of the details like this when asking a
question.

If not ... wellahhhh ... never mind. ;-)

I've seen a lot of other weird stuff when using a Mac with files on a Windows 2k
server share though. You practically have to reboot the mac to get it to
register changes made by another PC on the network to the files.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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This is my first posting. We have a mainly a Windows 2003 Network with 2 brand new Mac Pro. The MAC's will be in a powerpoint document (does not happen with Word) and they'll be put to read only when a Windows user opens the same document. The Windows user will not be notified that a it's already opened, will make changes and save them! The MAC user will only notice that they're in read only when the title bar says "Name of Document (Read Only)"
 

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