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Does anyone know if there is a message board like this that would cover Microsoft Word? Thank you.
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First, note that although you are accessing this on the web, it
is basically a newsgroup, not a web site or a "message board."
You're using the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method
there is to access the newsgroup. Do yourself a favor and switch
to a newsreader, such as Outlook Express, which comes with
Windows.
See http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
Once you've set up Outlook Express, go to the server
msnews.microsoft.com and look at the newsgroups there. You'll
find many of them, and many are dedicated to specific subjects in
Microsoft Word.
leoram said:Does anyone know if there is a message board like this that would
cover Microsoft Word? Thank you.
First, note that although you are accessing this on the web, it
is basically a newsgroup, not a web site or a "message board."
You're using the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method
there is to access the newsgroup. Do yourself a favor and switch
to a newsreader, such as Outlook Express, which comes with
Windows.
See http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
Once you've set up Outlook Express, go to the server
msnews.microsoft.com and look at the newsgroups there. You'll
find many of them, and many are dedicated to specific subjects in
Microsoft Word.
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http://support.microsoft.com/newsgr...c=1,9,18&noise=0&sd=GN&id=fh;en-us;newsgroups
How to Use Newsgroups
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];newswhelp
How to Use Newsgroups
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];newswhelp
Microsoft Word? Thank you.leoram said:Does anyone know if there is a message board like this that would cover
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Ken Blake. Thank you. You have been very helpful. Have a good one!
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No@SpaM - Thank you for the info. A great day to ya!
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No@SpaM said:http://support.microsoft.com/newsgr...c=1,9,18&noise=0&sd=GN&id=fh;en-us;newsgroups
How to Use Newsgroups
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];newswhelp
Microsoft Word? Thank you.leoram said:Does anyone know if there is a message board like this that would cover
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You're welcome. Glad to help.
good one!leoram said:Ken Blake. Thank you. You have been very helpful. Have a
You're welcome. Glad to help.
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Ken Blake
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It certainly is.
First of all, we are not talking about E-mail programs. We are
talking about newsreaders. Outlook Express happens to be both a
newsreader and a mail program, but we are talking here only about
its newsreading capabilities.
It's certainly not a good idea. We agree on that. But it is *not*
true that your address is broadcast. The return E-mail address
that you tell your newsreader to use is whatever you want to
tell it. You don't have to, and shouldn't, tell it to use your
real address. If you will look at this message of mine, you will
see that my return address is (e-mail address removed).
If it isn't abundantly clear, let me state that that is *not* my
real address.
Anonymity is easily available with almost *any* newsreader
available. I say "almost" because I don't know them all, and
don't want to make a blanket statement I'm not sure of. But I'd
bet it's true of *all* of them.
If you can say that, you must have never even tried a newsreader.
Every time you want to read a message, your browser has to go out
and get it, and that takes time. When you use a newsreader, you
can have the newsreader get all the messages in the groups you're
interested in. While you're reading the first messages, it's
getting the rest of them. There's hardly ever a delay waiting for
messages to be downloaded.
First, Outlook is not a newsreader, and therefore not at issue
here. Second, calling them outdated is simply nonsense. They are
both updated frequently. Third, I mentioned Outlook Express only
because it's readily available to everyone since it comes with
Windows, but my point is *not* that everyone should use Outlook
Express as a newsreader. Use whatever newsreader you like best.
My point is that using a newsreader is *much* better than
participating in newsgroups on the web.
Although you have something of a point there, Microsoft is
generally very good at addressing Outlook Express's security
issues, and fixes are normally quickly available. And up-to-date
anti-virus software (which you should have no matter what)
dramatically reduces the risk. I personally have used both
Outlook (for E-mail) and Outlook Express (for news) for many
years, and have *never* been infected.
But it doesn't matter. Once again, the issue is *not* IE vs.
Outlook Express. The issue is reading newsgroups with a
newsreader vs. reading it on the web. What software you use for
either choice is beside the point.
I couldn't disagree more. As I said, "[reading newsgroups on the
web is] the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method there is
to access the newsgroup. Do yourself a favor and switch to a
newsreader, such as Outlook Express, which comes with Windows."
And however you participate in newsgroups, do all the rest of us
a favor and quote enough of the message you're replying to to put
your comments into perspective. It's standard netiquette, and
it's a courtesy to your readers. Without a quote, most of your
messages are completely unintelligible. If it weren't that you
began your message here with my name, I wouldn't even have
recognized that this was in reply to something I wrote, and
passed over this message, as I do with most of your messages,
because they are not understandable without quotes.
The Unknown P said:Ken your message simply isn't so.
It certainly is.
While using outlook express or your
usual mail program
First of all, we are not talking about E-mail programs. We are
talking about newsreaders. Outlook Express happens to be both a
newsreader and a mail program, but we are talking here only about
its newsreading capabilities.
your address is broadcast. Not, in my opinion, a
good idea.
It's certainly not a good idea. We agree on that. But it is *not*
true that your address is broadcast. The return E-mail address
that you tell your newsreader to use is whatever you want to
tell it. You don't have to, and shouldn't, tell it to use your
real address. If you will look at this message of mine, you will
see that my return address is (e-mail address removed).
If it isn't abundantly clear, let me state that that is *not* my
real address.
I use IE all the time to access these NG's and combined
with programs like IDBlaster can give me the most anonymity that one
can expect.
Anonymity is easily available with almost *any* newsreader
available. I say "almost" because I don't know them all, and
don't want to make a blanket statement I'm not sure of. But I'd
bet it's true of *all* of them.
I suffer no performance hit because of this either.
If you can say that, you must have never even tried a newsreader.
Every time you want to read a message, your browser has to go out
and get it, and that takes time. When you use a newsreader, you
can have the newsreader get all the messages in the groups you're
interested in. While you're reading the first messages, it's
getting the rest of them. There's hardly ever a delay waiting for
messages to be downloaded.
proneOutlook and Outlook Express are both outdated and security
First, Outlook is not a newsreader, and therefore not at issue
here. Second, calling them outdated is simply nonsense. They are
both updated frequently. Third, I mentioned Outlook Express only
because it's readily available to everyone since it comes with
Windows, but my point is *not* that everyone should use Outlook
Express as a newsreader. Use whatever newsreader you like best.
My point is that using a newsreader is *much* better than
participating in newsgroups on the web.
programs that are easily broken and thus much less secure.
Although you have something of a point there, Microsoft is
generally very good at addressing Outlook Express's security
issues, and fixes are normally quickly available. And up-to-date
anti-virus software (which you should have no matter what)
dramatically reduces the risk. I personally have used both
Outlook (for E-mail) and Outlook Express (for news) for many
years, and have *never* been infected.
But it doesn't matter. Once again, the issue is *not* IE vs.
Outlook Express. The issue is reading newsgroups with a
newsreader vs. reading it on the web. What software you use for
either choice is beside the point.
There
simply is "no" advantage to accessing these NG's with your mail
program, quite the contrary, there are many many reasons not to do
so. }:~)
I couldn't disagree more. As I said, "[reading newsgroups on the
web is] the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method there is
to access the newsgroup. Do yourself a favor and switch to a
newsreader, such as Outlook Express, which comes with Windows."
And however you participate in newsgroups, do all the rest of us
a favor and quote enough of the message you're replying to to put
your comments into perspective. It's standard netiquette, and
it's a courtesy to your readers. Without a quote, most of your
messages are completely unintelligible. If it weren't that you
began your message here with my name, I wouldn't even have
recognized that this was in reply to something I wrote, and
passed over this message, as I do with most of your messages,
because they are not understandable without quotes.