Vesence on the web is the main workspace for matter-level and project-level work across files and file types.
Use it when a task depends on a document set — not just one Word document, workbook, deck, PDF, image, email, or folder — or when you want to review generated work product and proposed changes in one place.
Use web when, use Office when
Use the web workspace when:
- The task depends on several files, versions, or a broader project context.
- You need to review PDFs, scanned materials, spreadsheets, presentations, Word documents, images, folders, or other mixed file types together.
- You want structured outputs such as summaries, tables, checklists, issue lists, risk matrices, or question lists.
- You are working with SharePoint or OneDrive files where access is available.
- You want to review generated work product or proposed changes across several files in one space.
Use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook when:
- The task belongs inside the open document, workbook, presentation, or email draft.
- You want changes made directly in that Office file.
- You want to use the actions available in that specific add-in.
See: Use Vesence in Word, Use Vesence in Excel, Use Vesence in PowerPoint, Use Vesence in Outlook.
What the web workspace can include
The web workspace is where Vesence can collect source materials, keep related outputs together, and create work product from the full context.
It can include uploaded files, generated outputs, PDFs, spreadsheets, presentations, images, Word documents, and connected SharePoint or OneDrive files where access is available.
This is useful when the answer depends on how materials relate to each other, such as an agreement, a term sheet, a spreadsheet, a signed PDF, and a folder of related drafts.
Main action
All Tracked Changes
All Tracked Changes gives you a consolidated view of proposed edits across relevant documents and generated work product in the web workspace.
Use it when you want to review changes across several files, compare related edits, and decide what is ready to send, sign, publish, or finalize.
It helps you see:
- Which documents, drafts, or outputs contain proposed edits
- What changed across a matter, document set, or mixed file package
- Whether several drafts contain related, duplicate, or conflicting edits
- Which changes still need review before sending, signing, publishing, or finalizing
You open it by pressing the All Tracked Changes button in the web workspace — there is no prompt to type. Vesence gathers the proposed edits into one view for you to review.
Tracked changes in Excel on the web
You can view and add tracked changes in Excel on the web when you are working with Vesence.
Tracked changes in Excel are visible only on the web and only to users using Vesence. They are not shown as native tracked changes in the Excel desktop app.
Use this for internal review where colleagues need to see what changed, add proposed edits, or discuss updates before a workbook is finalized.
When you download a workbook, you choose whether to keep the tracked changes:
- Download — a clean, standard Excel file with the changes applied. This is the version to share with people outside Vesence; it opens normally in Excel with no tracked changes.
- Download with tracked changes — keeps Vesence's tracked-change record so the workbook can be reopened in Vesence on the web with the changes still visible and reviewable. Opened in the normal Excel app, this file shows the original values, because Excel has no tracked changes of its own.
Examples:
- Add proposed updates to assumptions in a financial model so colleagues can review them before the model is finalized.
- Mark changes to a budget or operating plan for internal discussion across the team.
- Review edits to a tracker, issue list, or diligence workbook with colleagues before sharing a clean version externally.