Accept or reject changes in shared files

[Guest]

I have a shared file on a server drive which is shared by a work group of
five users.
I can see the hchanges highlighted for the different users, and I can accept
or reject.
The problem is that so can all the users.!!
I need exclusive ability, as the "Master" of the situation, to acccept or
reject changes. I do not want the rest of the group to have this ability.
What am I doing wrong??
Thanks for any advice
Jim Normile

 

[Earl Kiosterud]

Jim,

When a workbook is shared, it means more than one person can open it for
update. This is normally disallowed in a multi-user environment. They both
start with the same copy, and each makes his own edits. When there's a
conflict, it's between one user who has saved the workbook, and another who
is attempting a save. The conflict relates to cell(s) that have been
changed by both users. Remember that they both opened the same original
workbook. Sharing doesn't give one "master" person control over this. It
lets each user decide whether to allow his changes to prevail, or the
earlier user who's already saved the workbook.