Showing Presence of Multiple Authors in a Spreadsheet

摘要

Dynamic collaborative presence information is provided. A plurality of users may access a document concurrently. Presence information associated with each of the users may be communicated to a server, collected, and communicated to a client application running on each user's client device. The client application may dynamically show where other users are editing a cell or a range of cells to help avoid collisions of edits in the document. Various interface elements may be provided for indicating presence and for indicating whether a single user or multiple users have selected or are editing the cell or range of cells.

主权项

1. A method for providing dynamic collaborative presence information, the method comprising:
opening a document in a first client application; detecting a selection or edit of a cell or a range of cells by a first user; sending information associated with the detected selection or edit to a server; receiving collective presence information, the collective presence information comprising user presence in a cell or a range of cells in the document opened in the one or more additional client applications; displaying an indication of user presence in a cell or a range of cells in the document; receiving an indication of a trigger associated with the indication of user presence in a cell or a range of cells in the document; and displaying a UI element representative of a number of users concurrently viewing or editing the cell or range of cells.