Unfortunately, you used the words "this newsgroup" and "this one", so I
restricted my reply to dealing with a question about the
microsoft.public.word.docmanagement newsgroup in which your post appeared.
It is correct that if you access the newsgroups through the Word Help
facility, you only see a subset of all of the newsgroups that are carried on
the msnews.microsoft.com news servers. To access all of the newsgroups, you
need to use a newsreader such as Outlook Express.
Whether the interface that you get via the Word Help facility is friendlier
would depend upon your point of view. For the first time user, asking one
question, the answer may be yes. For most of the people who answer
questions however, that interface is a pain in the neck and severely
detracts from the ease of posting responses and of course does not make all
of the newsgroups readily available.
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Hope this helps.
Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP