Newsgroup Search -- Working?

[LarryP]

I've tried the Search feature a few times to find a
particular sender or title, but get no results. Ditto
over in the Access newsgroups. ???????

 

[JulieD]

Hi Larry

where are you searching ? via groups.google.com or within your newsreader?
(if within newsreader what program / version etc)
i use the search feature extensively via groups.google.com and find the
advanced search absolutely brilliant when i remember to place an astrisk at
the end of the group name
e.g.
microsoft.public.excel*

cheers
JulieD

 

[Ken Wright]

Try the following link:-

http://groups.google.com/advanced_g...d=23&as_maxm=4&as_maxy=2004&lr=&num=100&hl=en

though you may have to accommodate wordwrap.

This will allow you to search via the Google interface, limit it to excel, limit
it to the last 4 years, and increase the returns to 100. Google is the only way
to go when searching the newsgroups. You might also want to take a look at Ron
De Bruins free addin that takes all the pain out of searching right from within
Excel itself, but uses Google as the engine:-

http://www.rondebruin.nl/

 

[Norman Harker]

Hi LarryP!

For searching newsgroups (not just Excel) you might take a look at:

Google Search 6.0
Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/Google.htm

You'll find it a very user friendly search tool and that you can
change the groups you want to search to Access.

 

[LarryP]

To all who suggested Google, I'll take a look, but I was
actually asking about the "Search" button that appears
right within the Microsoft Community Newsgroups
environment, right beside the "New Post" and "Post Reply"
buttons. It opens a dialog where you can enter search
criteria for the From line, Subject line, or text, then
run the search, but absolutely nothing happens.

 

[Ken Wright]

LOL - The problem is that most regulars on here likely don't use it, and
wouldn't go near *anything* other than Google. Google blows the MS interface
away completely with both it's ease of use and history etc etc.

 

[Debra Dalgleish]

You're welcome. Thanks for letting me know that was the problem.