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mangov
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Feb 21, 2020

Teams of Macbook, cannot share excel workbook on screen sharing

I have tried to share my screen during a meeting and I could not locate an open workbook, tried to move the file to desktop but still the excel workbook will not appear in when I select share screen,...
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David Behr
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Apr 04, 2020

mangov Very frustrating - I know many colleagues with the same problem.  The ablity to screen share Excel files appears to have been removed - can't think why.  I thought very few seem to have this issue or care about it - because there are not many complaints.  If you find a workaround (other than having to share whole screen) please let me know.  Thanks.

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    Mahdi_Kon
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 13, 2020
    Possible 99% of TEAMS users have the same problem!
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    mangov
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    Apr 05, 2020

    David Behr I thought first its cause of Macbook, but when I tried on Windows and it was the same. I will let you know if I find anything. Hope Microsoft fixes it.  

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      StevenC365
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      Apr 05, 2020

      mangov This is not the same on Windows, I definitely can share an Excel window. I don't have a mac available to test right now, but can't you just share the desktop with Excel on it?

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        Mahdi_Kon
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 13, 2020

        StevenC365 No, you can't share anything out of a sudden, except powerpoint! Did all the security settings correctly but still not working!!

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