/Tools/Share Document, check "share document with other users", ok If file is originally .ods with "shared document" enabled, saving as XLSX loses the shared status. If file is originally .xlsx, the shared status is lost when the document is closed; also, any saving of the document while open (where it claims as shared), tries to save as non-shared and asks to merge manually with original "shared" document, which is the document open...
Repro. Arch Linux 64-bit, KDE Plasma 5 Version: 5.3.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: c13f60e7cd18df6b0ab70289f5b91ee01e4ae126 CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Linux 4.6; UI Render: default; Locale: fi-FI (fi_FI.UTF-8) Built on June 18th 2016
Could you please attach some .xlsx and .odt documents on which it is possible to reproduce this issue?
Created attachment 127839 [details] ODS with shared status Save this as XLSX and observe the title bar drop (shared)
Then you can set the XLSX to shared mode and try saving it. You will get an error dialog: This spreadsheet is no longer in shared mode. Save your spreadsheet to a separate file and merge your changes to the shared spreadsheet manually.
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Still repro in Version: 7.2.0.0.alpha0+ (x64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: af64bc49d872d8a040d66387303def98eae5cd51 CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 18363; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Is this really something that MS Formats know about? Is this a Microsoft thing, or is it a LibreOffice-only feature?
(In reply to Justin L from comment #7) > Is this really something that MS Formats know about? Is this a Microsoft > thing, or is it a LibreOffice-only feature? I only found this, already deprecated, feature: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/about-the-shared-workbook-feature-49b833c0-873b-48d8-8bf2-c1c59a628534 Replaced by https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/collaborate-on-excel-workbooks-at-the-same-time-with-co-authoring-7152aa8b-b791-414c-a3bb-3024e46fb104
Created attachment 182309 [details] Equivalent feature in Excel (In reply to Justin L from comment #7) > Is this really something that MS Formats know about? Is this a Microsoft > thing, or is it a LibreOffice-only feature? Yes, there is something similar in Excel. I recall people were using this feature and place files on Sharepoint servers (maybe it works on simpler services like smb too) to have collaborative shared editing of spreadsheets.
*** Bug 157219 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The "share spreadsheet" functionality for XLSX seems very broken: - as described here, saving a shared XLSX forces the user to "unshare it" by saving a copy of the file - with an extremely confusing message that I can't make sense of even after reading it several times - ... but even if the "unshared" file is then saved, with "(saved)" absent from the title bar, the file retains the shared file restrictions (e.g. inability to merge cells, as reported in duplicate bug 157219) - ... and tracks edits, even though it's something unavailable in shared spreadsheets. Overall, feels very confusing and broken and makes me wonder if this feature should be restricted to ODF (or entirely removed given how many features are turned off when in use). Version: 24.2.0.0.alpha0+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 19e9fe7c8c89399753ac1730e1c76378b18418bc CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.15; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3 Locale: en-AU (en_AU.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded