Online Collaboration

Tips, Tricks, and Answers

The following articles are available for the 'Online Collaboration' topic. Click the article's title (shown in bold) to see the associated article.

Connecting To a Discussion Server
The first task in using the Web Discussions feature is to connect to a discussion server. This tip explains the steps you need to go through to accomplish this task.

Filtering Web Discussions
If you use the Web discussion capabilities available in some versions of Excel, you may want to filter the discussion comments you view. This is done by using the controls built into the Discussions toolbar.

Printing Web Discussions
If you are using the Web discussions feature built into some versions of Excel, you may want to print out a discussion at some point. It is easy to do if you follow the four steps in this tip.

Refreshing Web Discussions
How to refresh the Discussions screen to ensure all comments are visible.

Starting a Discussion Thread
Use the following steps to set up a Discussion Thread for Excel.

Using the Discussion Pane
Understanding how the Discussion Pane works in Excel.

Using Web Discussions
If you work in an office that has a centralized network server, one way you can share your workbooks is to use the Web Discussions feature of Excel. This tip explains what the feature is and what is needed to make it work.