Sharing a workbook

[Julia]

I have a large workbook with about 20 tabs, and there is one person assigned
to update each tab. How does sharing work so that I do not have to
consolidate 20 spreadsheets into a master. I need step by step instructions.

[Anne Troy]

Julia: This depends a great deal on how much restriction you want on the
worksheets, and what version you're running. In general, however, sharing
the workbook has nothing to do with whether you can summarize on a master
sheet.
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~Anne Troy

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"Julia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have a large workbook with about 20 tabs, and there is one person
assigned
> to update each tab. How does sharing work so that I do not have to
> consolidate 20 spreadsheets into a master. I need step by step
instructions.

[Julia]

I want each person to be able to update only their portion. How do I do this?
I asume it has to be on a shared drive, but then what? How do I enable each
individual user to be able to edit? What are the steps?

"Anne Troy" wrote:

> Julia: This depends a great deal on how much restriction you want on the
> worksheets, and what version you're running. In general, however, sharing
> the workbook has nothing to do with whether you can summarize on a master
> sheet.
> *******************
> ~Anne Troy
>
> www.OfficeArticles.com
> www.MyExpertsOnline.com
>
>
> "Julia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I have a large workbook with about 20 tabs, and there is one person
> assigned
> > to update each tab. How does sharing work so that I do not have to
> > consolidate 20 spreadsheets into a master. I need step by step
> instructions.
>
>
>

[Kestrel1492]

You could seperate the tabs into individual Workbooks. Each person updates their own workbook, while you keep a master workbook.

In the master, have tabs corresponding to each "subordinate" workbook.
populate the cells in each tab with linking formulas calling the information in from the respective subordinates.

To be honest, I really don't know much behind the process, rather, I inherited a file with it already set up.
It had the following basic formula in each cell: Change the CAPITALIZED text to match your setup

='\\NETWORKID\DRIVENAME\DIRECTORY\[SUBFILENAME.XLS]SUBTABNAME'!a1

Hopefully, if you do it this way, you won't have to Share any of the files. Sharing is a pain

Sorry I can't give you more,

Kestrel