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Ideally, co-authoring is seamless, and it’s not something you necessarily plan.

If the require-
ments are met and more than one person edits a document or notebook at the same time,
co-authoring is automatic. With the exception of Excel files, one person can even be using
the desktop application and another can be using the associated Office Web App.

For Excel, if multiple people need to edit a workbook at the same time, all they need to
do is open it in Excel Web App. For this scenario, some coordination with others may be
necessary.

When more than one person opens the same shared file, a notification appears in the status
bar and reflects the total author count. When you click the count in the status bar, you’ll get
a list of the people currently using the file.

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