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Real time co-authoring in MS Word 2016
The Microsoft Garage video supports the theory that you should see as they type.
https://blogs.office.com/2015/10/30/word-real-time-co-authoring-a-closer-look/
Did either of you get the message "Do you want to automatically share changes as they happen?"
I've just tested it as follows:
Both open a Word document in Sharepoint Online
Both chose to Edit with Word
I said Yes to the 'automatically share changes as they happen' prompt.
I could see the characters appear as the other person typed and they could see mine.
Both running Windows 10 wired to the same office LAN
-Sonia
My experience is flaky as well, as said before the only 'good' experience seems to be when co authoring in the browser
My experience with collaboration is flaky. I suppose it works well when in the same office with a wired system, but I am in one place with one internet provider and my co-author is in another place with a different internet provider. We are using Office 365 without Sharepoint.
My connection to the internet is via Spectrum Cable. My partner is in another city and has a cable connection. Both should be fast
We do not see the changes the other has made unless we log out and back in then we see the changes. We have occasionally seen changes as they are made but not always. We do not use the online version because of limitations. We are using Word 2016--
We both get messages that the other has made changes and the message says to open the message and see a summary of changes the other has made. There are never any changes shown.
In summary, collaboration is happening, but not as advertised. I think there are things we both can learn about it, but it is not very satisfactory as is.
