Is this site working?

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Dorci

I submitted a post over an hour ago, and it still hasn't appeared. Also, I
can't seem to find any posts on any subject dated this year, 2010. I'm just
wondering if the site is still working.
 
Give up on the forum and switch to using a newsgroup reader like Microsoft
Windows Live Mail
best wishes
 
It looks like the search feature isn't working probably. None of the 2010
posts appear when I use the search. To whom would I report that problem?
 
OK, don't laugh. HOW do I do that?

David Biddulph said:
The newsgroup is working. Microsoft's unreliable web interface to the group
isn't (which isn't unusual). Please use a more reliable means of accessing
the group. If you want to use a web interface, Google is one of a number of
options (and it is good for searching the archives), but the better bet is
to access the news server directly through a newsreader.
--
David Biddulph




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Saved from a previous post:

If you're able (not behind a firewall at work???), you may want to connect
directly to the MS newsservers.

If you have Outlook Express/Windows Live Mail installed, try clicking on these
links (or copy and paste into MSIE).

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.setup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.misc
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.newusers
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.programming

(and a few more for MSWord)
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.word97vba
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.newusers
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.vba.addins
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.vba.beginners
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.vba.customization
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.vba.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.vba.userforms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.word6-7macros

(You can always connect to more later)

Here are some links that explain it better:

Chip Pearson has some notes written by Leonard Meads at:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DirectConnect.htm

David McRitchie's notes at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xlnews.htm
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/oe6.htm
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/oe6nws01.htm

Tushar Mehta's notes at:
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/misc_tutorials/oe_ng/index.htm

And if you're looking for old posts:

Or you can use google (maybe a few hours behind) to search for stuff you've
posted (and find the replies, too)

http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=group:*Excel*&num=100

Ron de Bruin has an excel addin that you may like:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/Google.htm
 
Bernard, is it possible please, for somebody on this forum to spell out,
clearly and explicity, in a step by step format, how a person is supposed to,
"switch to a newsgroup reader like Microsoft Windows Live Mail".

It seems to be obvious, looking at the postings of users in this forum, that
people simply do not know how to do this.

OK the IT experts may know how to do it, I readily concede, but there appear
to be many who do not know how to do that.

Thanks in advance, as always, for assistance provided to those who do not
know how to do what you suggest we do.
 
Thanks for the info, everyone. I'll try the newsgroup thing tomorrow. (I
got two words for you: company, firewall). Wish me luck! :)
 
OK, thanks everyone.

I have copied and pasted your advice into a WORD doc so will try to go over
it in the next few days.
 
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