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+you can use a split screen and update it while working on excel side by side
-you need a large screen for this to be feasible at least greater than 21 inches
+i feel the examiners like this because they can open both docs side by side. having said that, it is just as easy to copy the excel file and reopen it showing the audit trail on the side. At least until excel builds in a function to allow inter worksheet split screens (currently I think you can only split screens within a worksheet).
excel based trail
+it will never get lost (I used this practice in the exam as well as at work), over time it is possible for separate files to get lost but a worksheet within excel wont.
This choice is definitely not what will give you a pass/fail, just do what you plan on doing for the rest of your life at work.
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