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KathySaldivar
Copper Contributor
Jul 26, 2022

Allowing Editing Access for certain users

I am needing to share a workbook with a team of people, but only allow editing access to three people.  How can I go about doing this?  

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  • Jagodragon's avatar
    Jagodragon
    Iron Contributor
    it depends on how you are sharing. OneDrive: I would let the sharing permissions in OneDrive do the heavy lifting by only granting edit permissions as desired. Network: You can edit the permissions on the file under a security tab in the properties to only allow edits by specific users Email: Use the "Protect Workbook" tool under the "Review" ribbon. You will set a password and only send it to the people that are allowed to edit.
    • KathySaldivar's avatar
      KathySaldivar
      Copper Contributor

      Jagodragon I am sharing via OneDrive, but am very new to using it.  Can you elaborate further on how to allow only certain users the ability to edit?

      • Jagodragon's avatar
        Jagodragon
        Iron Contributor

        KathySaldivar 

        Assuming that you're using the the web portal for OneDrive:

         

        1) Click on the share icon

        2) On the line that says "To: Name, group, or email", enter who you want to share with.

        3) Next to that line, select the permissions drop down. It looks like a pencil icon.

        4) Select the pencil with a line through it.

        5) click send

         

        people will still be able to down load and modify the data, but they should not be able to change the file on OneDrive.