Does Excel 2016 Support Co Authoring?

To use the co-authoring feature, every person who is sharing the file must have a version of Excel that supports co-authoring. ... Versions that support co-authoring are Excel 2016 for Windows, Excel 2016 for Mac, Excel Online, Excel for Android, Excel of iOS, and Excel Mobile.

Does Excel 2016 have co-authoring?

Co-authoring is only available in Office 365, Office 2016, and Office Online. If one of your colleagues opens the file in an older version of Excel and then saves their changes, the file will be locked.

Does Excel support co-authoring?

Excel for Android, Excel for iOS, Excel Mobile, and Excel for Microsoft 365 are the versions that currently support co-authoring. ... Tip: If they're using the latest version of Excel for Microsoft 365, there's an easier way—they can select File > Open... > Shared and select a file that has been shared by another person.

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