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Charles Kenyon
I'm not asking you to do anything. I'm telling you that if you want to be
effective in using these newsgroups, you will use a newsreader, not the web.
Outlook and Outlook Express both read/send email. That is about all they
share other than the manufacturer (MS) and their name.
Outlook is a Personal Information Manager that includes calendaring,
journaling, email, notes, and a contact list. It interacts with other
programs in the Office Suite. It does not handle newsgroups. It is a
separate program and part of every Office Suite variation. Outlook 97 is
defective and must not be used for email.
Outlook Express comes with Windows and is an OK program. It is a part of
Internet Explorer. The only thing I use it for in as a newsreader. You can
also use the newsreader that is provided by netscape or an independent
newsreader.
Advantage 1 - connects directly with the MS news server via the internet.
The web interface is one or more layers on top of this news server
interface. If you use a web interface you will probably miss answers to your
questions, have some difficulty switching newsgroups, and answer questions
put by other users that have already been answered by others, not realizing
you are duplicating work.
Advantage 2 - it can easily show threaded conversations.
Advantage 3 - for properly posted cross-posts a newsreader will show the
post as read in your inbox for all newsgroups once you've read it in one.
Your reply to a cross-posted message will be sent to all applicable
newsgroups.
Advantage 4 - it works almost exactly like email.
Bottom line - I don't care what you do. Its your dime and your time.
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Charles Kenyon
See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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linear, as I've said, linear view message boards is what I'm most used to.
to *learn* how to use it. It took me forever to learn how to use FrontPage
to it's extent.
subscribing thing works. If I have to subscribe to every *individual*
newsgroup, if I have another question, or desire to access the others does
that mean I have to go through the whole process again, to subscribe to that
newsgroup?
switch to other newsgroup, hmm?
problem was launching Word from other locations besides the newly formed
shortcut for WINWORD.EXE, but much more importantly, the fact that I can't
access my Word Documents from any manner except through File | Open in Word
itself. You may retrace the course of this thread a few posts, where I
explain more with more detail.
from home.
off-topic, however, thank you, because I appreciate the help nonetheless.
effective in using these newsgroups, you will use a newsreader, not the web.
Outlook and Outlook Express both read/send email. That is about all they
share other than the manufacturer (MS) and their name.
Outlook is a Personal Information Manager that includes calendaring,
journaling, email, notes, and a contact list. It interacts with other
programs in the Office Suite. It does not handle newsgroups. It is a
separate program and part of every Office Suite variation. Outlook 97 is
defective and must not be used for email.
Outlook Express comes with Windows and is an OK program. It is a part of
Internet Explorer. The only thing I use it for in as a newsreader. You can
also use the newsreader that is provided by netscape or an independent
newsreader.
Advantage 1 - connects directly with the MS news server via the internet.
The web interface is one or more layers on top of this news server
interface. If you use a web interface you will probably miss answers to your
questions, have some difficulty switching newsgroups, and answer questions
put by other users that have already been answered by others, not realizing
you are duplicating work.
Advantage 2 - it can easily show threaded conversations.
Advantage 3 - for properly posted cross-posts a newsreader will show the
post as read in your inbox for all newsgroups once you've read it in one.
Your reply to a cross-posted message will be sent to all applicable
newsgroups.
Advantage 4 - it works almost exactly like email.
Bottom line - I don't care what you do. Its your dime and your time.
--
Charles Kenyon
See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
from my ignorance and your wisdom.
problem, and any format will remain foreign to me as long as it's notzeldamaniac44 said:
linear, as I've said, linear view message boards is what I'm most used to.
use either of them, and if I start now, the thing that troubles me is having
to *learn* how to use it. It took me forever to learn how to use FrontPage
to it's extent.
Except, I'm not quite certain of how this
subscribing thing works. If I have to subscribe to every *individual*
newsgroup, if I have another question, or desire to access the others does
that mean I have to go through the whole process again, to subscribe to that
newsgroup?
*disadvantage* as opposed to the web-browser interface where you can easily
switch to other newsgroup, hmm?
my problem, and as soon as possible I might add, if you don't remember the
problem was launching Word from other locations besides the newly formed
shortcut for WINWORD.EXE, but much more importantly, the fact that I can't
access my Word Documents from any manner except through File | Open in Word
itself. You may retrace the course of this thread a few posts, where I
explain more with more detail.
PC as an office tool, you see, I have my a business where I run my office
from home.
(to solve my problem) and improving my expirience here is slightly
off-topic, however, thank you, because I appreciate the help nonetheless.
if somewhat outside the purview of the ng in