Hello
I access my work documents on the work server via VPN etc.
I don't run Windows on my mac I just access the files on work server to read and write.
Everything is fine apart from when I'm on the server at work on Windows machine and I'm opening a document (usually in exel) that someone else has open it states select "read only or notify." So I either open the file as read only or windows notifies me when the document is available for writing to and saving etc. This I do and it's fine.
However, when I'm accessing similar documents from home on my mac with Office 2008 no such box appears. If someone has the document I'm trying to access open it just opens read only. If I open the document and someone else then opens the document it reverts to read only without notifying me.
Can anyone help with this?
Are there any settings in exel I can change to get said "notify" box to appear etc.
Thanks for help
I access my work documents on the work server via VPN etc.
I don't run Windows on my mac I just access the files on work server to read and write.
Everything is fine apart from when I'm on the server at work on Windows machine and I'm opening a document (usually in exel) that someone else has open it states select "read only or notify." So I either open the file as read only or windows notifies me when the document is available for writing to and saving etc. This I do and it's fine.
However, when I'm accessing similar documents from home on my mac with Office 2008 no such box appears. If someone has the document I'm trying to access open it just opens read only. If I open the document and someone else then opens the document it reverts to read only without notifying me.
Can anyone help with this?
Are there any settings in exel I can change to get said "notify" box to appear etc.
Thanks for help