"jim" <jim@home.net> wrote in
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> What is the easiest way to share documents among a small office (9
> people) that forces check-out/check-in? We really need to be sure
> that only one person at a time is editing each document.
>
> Revision history and backups would be nice, but the biggest thing is
> ease-of-use.
>
> I'm not sure of this is something that you can do natively in Windows
> or if you need a special product to get this capability.
>
> If it has to be a product or add-on, something that integrated into
> Excel, Word and Windows Explorer would be great.
>
> Thanks![/color]

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