multiple users of one document

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sh059

Our school has been using Publisher 2003 until last week. When our newsletter
(which is saved on a server) was to be edited by a teacher if it was already
open by another user you were warned that the document was already open and
read only.
2007 does things differently, it lets you open and edit the document and
when you go to save the changes that is when it gets interesting. You can
either save it over the original document or save it as another document
(that gets messy). If you save it over the original, and the other user later
saves their copy my editing is lost.
Is there a way to overcome this?
Thanks
 
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Rob Giordano [MS MVP]

TMK no version of Publisher was designed to be multi-user...and from some
limited adventures...I wouldn't use it with files stored on a network
server...YMMV.
 
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sh059

Hi Rob,
Thanks for the reply, but that is my question exactly, since 2003 we have
been saving edited copies of the news letter to the server, everything lives
there thats how we work, never a problwm. Always new as we opened a document
that someone else had it opened, so we couldn't add our bit. Now that has
changed, you can open a document that is being edited, are there settings to
prevent this?????
Thanks Steve
 
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Rob Giordano [MS MVP]

Sorry, beyond my knowledge, someone else would have to weigh-in on this.

One would think you'd not be able to open a common document especially if
the program is not designed to work on a network...but maybe that IS the
problem. </guess>

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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression Web
 
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John G.

Well thats not the way mine works.
I have 2 machines one with Pub 2003 and one with Pub 2007
If I open in either then I get a message and then Pub closes and CANNOT open
it in the other.

In WORD either way you get asked if you want Read only or create a local
copy to merge later or be advised when file is free.

Nothing has changed as far as I can see.

John G.
 

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