Collect Feedback workflow and co-authoring

Hi,
I have collect feedback associated with an excel document and there is a possibility of co-authoring. Is it possible that Excel supports co-authoring?
Please help,
techie

excel desktop app doesnt supports it but excel web app supports it try below links for your referenc:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff718249(v=office.15).aspx
http://blogs.office.com/2013/11/19/real-time-co-authoring-in-the-excel-web-app-why-and-how-we-did-it/
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/22508/sharepoint-2010-co-authoring-excel
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2991332/can-two-or-more-people-edit-an-excel-document-at-the-same-time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-1cI0-Hk8M
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Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you want to incorporate collect feedback workflow with pdf documents.
Before you add a workflow, you plan where you want to add it (for a single list or library, or for the entire site collection) and the details of how it will work.
If you want to add the pdf documents to a library, you can add the collect feedback workflow for a library. Please refer to:
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Collect feedback workflow comments

Hi,
I am using a collect Feedback workflow 2010 (in sharepoint 2013). Users enter comments when they respond.
We could see the comments if we open the workflow task individually but could not see the comments in the Workflow tasks view.Is this a known bug, is there any solution / work around for this issue.Thanks.

Hi,
Based on your description, you want to view the comments in the workflow tasks view in SharePoint 2013.
In the workflow tasks view it cannot display comments filed.
There is a workaround, you could follow the steps below:
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Collecting Signatures on InfoPath Forms using Collect Signatures Workflow - Task Sign Button doesnt open Sign Dialogue

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Hi bezcisnien,
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When you open this file directly by clicking the document Name link from SharePoint library, is there a
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Did this happen to all users on all PCs?
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