CoAudit add-in now works in browser-based Office, with Excel boot recovery
Punchcard's CoAudit add-in now works in browser-based Excel and Word (office.com, SharePoint, and OneDrive), and the Excel pane recovers gracefully when Office stops responding during load instead of showing a blank screen.
CoAudit works in Office on the web
The CoAudit by Punchcard add-in now works in browser-based Excel and Word — opened through office.com, SharePoint, or OneDrive. Previously, signing in through the Office web app would result in a redirect loop; the add-in now authenticates correctly in browser-hosted workbooks, giving you the full CoAudit experience without needing the desktop app.
- When sign-in cannot complete — for example, in private or incognito windows, or in browser configurations that block third-party cookies — a clear "Sign-in could not complete" screen now explains the issue and provides a Try again link, instead of a confusing browser error page.
Excel add-in: recovery when Office stops responding during load
If Excel refuses or stops responding while the CoAudit pane is starting up, the pane now detects the failure within 15 seconds and shows a recovery screen instead of staying blank.
- The recovery screen names exactly which step failed and whether Excel refused the request or stopped responding — so you know what happened and what to do next.
- The screen confirms that your citations and sign-offs in the workbook were not changed.
- A Try again button re-runs the complete pane startup so you can recover without restarting Excel.
- While waiting, a CoAudit chat opens beneath the recovery screen so you can continue asking questions even when the workbook is temporarily unreachable.
Fixes
- On shared Office profiles, signing out now clears CoAudit chat history so the next user starts from a clean state rather than seeing the previous user's conversation.