Saving and retrieving Help postings from WinXP newsgroups.

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Cycle

I like to save some of the answers and tips given in the WinXP newsgroups,
so that if later I want to know how to do something, I can do a search on my
computer for answers to the problem I have.



Is the way I am doing this the best way? What I am doing is:-



Select the chosen text, copy it to the clipboard and paste it into a new
Word document. Then save the Word document in My Documents, putting key
words in the document title.



To find a document later, I do the following. Start, My Computer, Search
(from standard tool bar).



In "What do you want to search for", click on Documents.



Type in key word from document name. In "Advanced options", Look In, type My
Documents. Click Search.



Is the above routine all right, or could I do better in some way?



I have only recently started this system, but I can see the need looming of
having lots of sub-folders to keep some systematic order to what is saved,
and I wondered if there was a more suitable way of achieving a "Save and
Retrieve" system.



Regards.
 
Cycle said:
I like to save some of the answers and tips given in the WinXP newsgroups,
so that if later I want to know how to do something, I can do a search on my
computer for answers to the problem I have.



Is the way I am doing this the best way? What I am doing is:-



Select the chosen text, copy it to the clipboard and paste it into a new
Word document. Then save the Word document in My Documents, putting key
words in the document title.
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Just highlight the post you want to save, go to File-Save As and you can
save it as a text file in a folder of your choice on your HDD.
 
Hi Cycle,

I use the same system you describe. Saving the whole post, as was suggested
by another poster, is a waste of time and too difficult to search through. I
also keep a backup of the information on CD, which is updated from time to
time.(new CD of course.)

FWIW, JAX
 
Another thought. I have a shortcut to my "saved in" folder on the QL bar so
I can access it easily while going through the NG's.

JAX
 
Cycle said:
I like to save some of the answers and tips given in the WinXP newsgroups,
so that if later I want to know how to do something, I can do a search on my
computer for answers to the problem I have.



Is the way I am doing this the best way?
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Thank you all for the helpful comments. It is always instructive to know
what methods other people use, and to get their help.



Best wishes,



Cycle.
 
Ain't no thang.

JAX

Cycle said:
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Thank you all for the helpful comments. It is always instructive to know
what methods other people use, and to get their help.



Best wishes,



Cycle.
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