Excel "Notify Me" 1

[foxup]

Hi Everybody,

My colleague and I have an Excel sheet that we "share". I go in it sometimes and do work and so does she. When she is in it and I open the Excel file, I get the options "Read Only / Notify / Cancel". If I chose "Notify" so that I know when she is finished with what she has to do so that I can go in the file, that option doesn't do anything. I never get 'notified".


Any help please?


Thanks,
J

 

[SkipVought]

Hi,

So you OPEN the workbook in NOTIFY, and leave it OPEN, and you're saying that after the other user CLOSES the workbook, you NEVER get a notification in Excel, that the workbook is ready for read/write?

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

 

[foxup]

Exactly. Any help?

 

[SkipVought]

Hmmmmm? Happens for me every time!

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

 

[foxup]

So, any help ?

 

[SkipVought]

Does the notification work the other direction, for your colleague?

Skip,

_{Just traded in my old subtlety...
for a NUANCE!}

 

[foxup]

Yes, it does work both ways. One problem is that I would close the file and the other problem is that I wouldn't wait long enough after the other user closed it.

Thanks.
FOXUP!