multi-user editing within office 2k7

[mr2face]

i know there are several discussions already on the subject, but i'm a bit of a non-techie so any specific responses would be greatly appreciated.

I work in a LAN setting where i need to constantly give my team instructions and such, and frequently more than one individual would be found working on the same project, and consequently same document, excel or powerpoint. IDeally i want to be able to use the 'google docs' like functionality where multiple users can edit the same document at the same time. I know Alfresco supports it but i don't know how to use it- so please help me out with it.

Also, the bigger question is, is it possible to have them edit these documents from within office 2007? I DON'T want to check out my documents, and MUST EDIT them REMOTELY, that is while they are on the server- local files cause a lot of duplication and screw ups in my office.

Please help out.

[stevegreenbaum]

I believe the Google docs integration will solve your problem.  Check out this document. http://wiki.alfresco.com/w/images/7/78/Getting_Started_with_Using_Google_Docs_with_Alfresco.pdf

As I understand this functionality, the document gets pushed to google, but is locked locally so you won't end up with multiple out-of-sync versions.

[mr2face]

my experience within google docs isn't the best- it tends to have a lot of lag and limited functionality. i'm really looking for a different alternative.