Office: How to Use Microsoft Binder with Briefcase

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a, 7.0b
• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

You can use Briefcase, a file synchronization program in Microsoft Windows 95, with Microsoft Binders as well as with individual files. Using Briefcase and Microsoft Binder together enables more than one user to work on different sections of a Microsoft Binder while keeping the other sections current.

MORE INFORMATION

To use a Microsoft Binder with Briefcase, follow these steps:

1. Place a Microsoft Binder file on a network where others can access it.

2. Those using the Microsoft Binder should copy it to their local Briefcase. Each person can then open the copy of the Microsoft Binder in his or her Briefcase and work on individual sections.

3. Each person working on the Binder can then update his or her copy by clicking Update All on the Briefcase menu. This command copies the individual's work to the Binder on the network and copies any changes in the network copy of the Microsoft Binder to that person's personal Briefcase.

Section That Changed                 Reconciliation
----------------------------         ---------------------------------
Neither                              None

Section in Brief case                Section in Briefcase is copied over
                                     the section in the original file.

Section in the original file         Section in the original file is copied
                                     over the one in Briefcase.

Both sections                        First tries to use the application
                                     that created the section to decide
                                     how to merge the changes between the
                                     two sections. If the application can-
                                     not do this, the user is prompted to
                                     make the decision.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Office for Windows 95 Resource Kit," version 7.0, Chapter 12, "Using Office Binder to Simplify Collaborating on Documents"

For more information about using Binder with Briefcase, while in Binder click Answer Wizard on the Help menu and type:

   Briefcase and Binder

   Briefcase