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run free May 2024 9:41pm, 21 May 2024 5,346 posts	Quote Pin run free Has shared workbooks improved yet?
GlennR May 2024 9:56pm, 21 May 2024 75,417 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Shared workbooks. ~grinds teeth~
quimby May 2024 3:14am, 22 May 2024 6,583 posts	Quote Pin quimby No, they have not. And project managers do not understand the concept that, if they want to make a new copy of a plan, they have to tell everyone to stop working on the current copy first. I'm having a bit of a week.
HappyG(rrr) May 2024 7:36am, 22 May 2024 50,051 posts	Quote Pin HappyG(rrr) *filters that was meant to say. But maybe not hiding columns?
run free May 2024 6:41pm, 22 May 2024 5,347 posts	Quote Pin run free quimby am with Glenn. Would suggest a proper database (not Excel). Even SharePoint lists are better than a shared workbook
quimby May 2024 8:21pm, 22 May 2024 6,584 posts	Quote Pin quimby Unfortunately a database wouldn't work. It's plan for a piece of work, with start/finish times and duration for each task, and we need to edit it frequently. Before Sharepoint, we used to sit in a meeting with one person updating the plan.
GlennR May 2024 9:32pm, 22 May 2024 75,427 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Maybe not a database, but proper project management software at least.
run free May 2024 11:31pm, 22 May 2024 5,350 posts	Quote Pin run free Sorry Quimby had only part read. I created something for a company using Outlook and custom forms.
run free May 2024 11:33pm, 22 May 2024 5,351 posts	Quote Pin run free Outlook has tasks and you can extract the data into Excel if you like. This was over 10 years ago and they used a shared Exchange folder
um Jun 2024 12:12pm, 6 Jun 2024 8,532 posts	Quote Pin um I spent a fun day yesterday - initially trying to find a way to play recordings from my Humax TV recorder box on my laptop. Which, as these things do, involved 'repairing' my Office suite. Which is when I needed the product key to use any of it. Which was part of a 'Home User Product' from a corporate program in 2017. Long story, but basically my Office 2016 was kaput. I had a brief foray (and longer download/install) with Office 365 (free for a month), before the same experience buying Office 2021 and installing that. (£19.99 - how is that possible?) But I now have my own Office 2021. Is there anything amazing I should be aware of in Excel? Besides coloured, and different icons on the ribbon and quick start bar. (or any of the other apps? I think I may have lost Vision and Project, but I don't think I've used those for anything important since 2017). And I still can't play DTCP-IP files from the recorder. Comes up with 'missing DLL' errors, despite uninstalling and reinstalling everything MS says is needed. Although the SD version (mpeg) are fine.