2. Once upon a time….. There were three co-workers: Jonathan, Sean and Zeyad. Their boss told them they were responsible for creating a huge proposal for a new project. Promotions were in store for all three if they could complete the task by the next day…or they would be fired if they failed. What were they going to do?!
3. Create one Word document and pass it around creating new version after new version until they ended up 27 separate documents on their way to a final product? What if someone overwrote older edits? What about the wasted time and energy? What about keeps styles and formatting consistent? What about slower team members holding up the formatting and editing of the final version?
4. Luckily, Jonathan, Sean and Zeyad used Microsoft Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010! They simply created one Word template, stored it in SharePoint and use the awesome new co-authoring feature to create the proposal in record time earning new promotions and untold riches! ….and they lived happily ever after
5. Here’s How They Did It: Multiple authors enter same document at the same time Requires SharePoint 2010 to work Don’t worry, other authors’ changes do not move your cursor position on the screen Sharing happens when you save
6. Getting Updates How do you get updates from what other authors are entering? Edits are shared when the author saves You know from the status bar in Word and the QAT save icon
8. Chaos? No Way! Conflicting edits avoided by paragraph tagging of authors – Word keeps everyone’s presence in the document in sync-- in real-time -- automatically
