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pleasehelpme1
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6 years ago
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How to lock Excel files and prevent two people from editing them at once?

Question about viewing/editing permissions in an excel file that is shared on dropbox- I have an excel file that is shared through dropbox but not on the actual excel file. Multiple people use this...
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    Walter
    6 years ago

    Actually there is pleasehelpme1!

    It's called File Locking and  it's available to Dropbox Business users for now.

    Let me know if you have any more questions!

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pleasehelpme1
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Walter-

Thank you for the information. Just to confirm, there is no option/feature to completely block entry into the file while another user is already in it? 

Thank you!

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Walter
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6 years ago

Actually there is pleasehelpme1!

It's called File Locking and  it's available to Dropbox Business users for now.

Let me know if you have any more questions!

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