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AlfD

Hi!

How about a grouch? Even two?

1. Am I alone in noticing an increase in invasions (spam or over
solicitation). Is it out of or beyond or under control?

2. Am I alone in noticing large numbers of multiple entries throug
which to plough in order to find the nuggets (or dross, for tha
matter)? Not multiple postings, but seemingly BB malfunctions of som
sort. If I didn't have broadband I would have given up long ago. (Wh
said please?).

Al
 
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Dave Peterson

You're not connecting to the MS Newsservers directly.

Saved from a previous post:

If you have Outlook Express 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

(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
 
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AlfD

Hi!

Thanks for all that - the trouble and the info.
I'll be reading for a while yet, but there's a whole world out ther
that I wot not of...

Al
 
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