Using Office applications with SharePoint 2013 : Integrating Excel with SharePoint (part 1) - Sharing a Excel workbook with SharePoint

Excel workbooks include the ability to merge changes from users, so that several users can access and edit an Excel workbook at the same time. This feature, when coupled with SharePoint, provides a secure collaborative environment for working with Excel files. To do this, you must first save the file to SharePoint, and then, on the Review tab, select Share Workbook in the Changes group, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Use the Share Workbook command to share an Excel workbook with SharePoint.

The Share Workbook dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 2, where you can select the check box to allow changes by more than one user at the same time.

Figure 2. Use the Share Workbook dialog box to allow workbook merging and to see who has the workbook open.

When you have allowed workbook sharing, you can then use the Advanced tab in the Share Workbook dialog box to decide to track changes, when to update changes, how to manage conflicting changes, and what to include in personal views (see Figure 3).

Figure 3. Use the Advanced tab to configure how you want to share the workbook.