Anonymous user when editing an excel file

[hoby14]

Hi All,

I want to create an excel file on a network drive so multiple people can edit and add information however I want it to remain anonymous so I don't want excel to show the username of the person currently editing it when someone else opens the file at the same time.

Is there anyway around this?

Thanks,

Mark

 

[Joe4]

In order to allow multiple to have open and edit an Excel spreadsheet at the same time, I think you would need to use a Shared Workbook in older versions of Excel (see: https://support.office.com/en-us/ar...-feature-49b833c0-873b-48d8-8bf2-c1c59a628534) and co-authoring in newer versions of Excel (see: https://support.office.com/en-us/ar...uthoring-7152aa8b-b791-414c-a3bb-3024e46fb104). So it is dependent upon which version of Excel you are using.

However, why the need for anonymity? I cannot come up with too many good reasons for that (though I can think of some "not so-good reasons").

 

[EMcK01]

I have a very similar query, not sure if I should of started a new post or not; apologies if I should of.

As for me, mine is a questionnaire that I would like to ensure is completely anonymous. It would only be edited by one person but would be helpful to add.

thanks.

 

[Joe4]

I have a very similar query, not sure if I should of started a new post or not; apologies if I should of.

As for me, mine is a questionnaire that I would like to ensure is completely anonymous. It would only be edited by one person but would be helpful to add.

Yes, you should post your question to its own thread, especially if the original question is still unanswered. Otherwise, it could be considered to be "thread hijacking".