Newsreader

[DeejayNYC]

One of the frustrating features of Outlook is that for some inexplicable reason it does not contain a built in newsreader. I am currently running Microsoft Outlook 2003, which nominally contains a link to the Outlook Express newsreader. However, while the instructions within the ever-helpful "Help" files state:
[The first time you use the newsreader, you must add the News command to the Go menu.

1.. Add the News command to the Go menu.
How?

1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.), click the Toolbar Options arrow .
2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
3.. Click the Commands tab.
4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag it, without releasing the mouse, until it rests over the Go menu. When the menu displays a list of commands, point to where you want the command to appear, and then release the mouse.
2.. Click the Go menu, and then click News.],
I cannot follow the instructions because they are apparently inaccurate. If I click "Commands"/"Categories"/"Go" and go through the commands list, there isn't any listing for "News."

Does anyone know (a) how one can find the mysterious "News" command; or, if not, (b) how else one can open the newsreader in Outlook, without having to switch programs and manually open Outlook Express?

Thanks.

DJ

 

[will]

i have the exact same problem.
also, how can i start Outlook Express if i have just
installed Outlook 2003 Student and Teacher Edition?

thank you.

-----Original Message-----
One of the frustrating features of Outlook is

that for some inexplicable reason it does not contain a
built in newsreader. I am currently running Microsoft
Outlook 2003, which nominally contains a link to the
Outlook Express newsreader. However, while the
instructions within the ever-helpful "Help" files state:

[The first time you use the newsreader, you must add

the News command to the Go menu.

1.. Add the News command to the Go menu.
How?

1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with

buttons and options that you use to carry out commands.
To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu,
and then click the Toolbars tab.), click the Toolbar
Options arrow .

2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
3.. Click the Commands tab.
4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag

it, without releasing the mouse, until it rests over the
Go menu. When the menu displays a list of commands, point
to where you want the command to appear, and then release
the mouse.

2.. Click the Go menu, and then click News.],
I cannot follow the instructions because they are

apparently inaccurate. If I
click "Commands"/"Categories"/"Go" and go through the
commands list, there isn't any listing for "News."

Does anyone know (a) how one can find the

mysterious "News" command; or, if not, (b) how else one
can open the newsreader in Outlook, without having to
switch programs and manually open Outlook Express?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you launch
it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails, you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/outnews switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, DeejayNYC asked:

| One of the frustrating features of Outlook is that for some
| inexplicable reason it does not contain a built in newsreader. I am
| currently running Microsoft Outlook 2003, which nominally contains a
| link to the Outlook Express newsreader. However, while the
| instructions within the ever-helpful "Help" files state:
| [The first time you use the newsreader, you must add the News
| command to the Go menu.
|
| 1.. Add the News command to the Go menu.
| How?
|
| 1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and
| options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar,
| click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.),
| click the Toolbar Options arrow .
| 2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
| 3.. Click the Commands tab.
| 4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
| 5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag it, without
| releasing the mouse, until it rests over the Go menu. When the menu
| displays a list of commands, point to where you want the command to
| appear, and then release the mouse.
| 2.. Click the Go menu, and then click News.],
| I cannot follow the instructions because they are apparently
| inaccurate. If I click "Commands"/"Categories"/"Go" and go through
| the commands list, there isn't any listing for "News."
|
| Does anyone know (a) how one can find the mysterious "News"
| command; or, if not, (b) how else one can open the newsreader in
| Outlook, without having to switch programs and manually open Outlook
| Express?
|
| Thanks.
|
| DJ

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

You should be able to start Outlook Express from the Windows Start menu, in
the Programs listing.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


In

i have the exact same problem.
also, how can i start Outlook Express if i have just
installed Outlook 2003 Student and Teacher Edition?

thank you.

-----Original Message-----
One of the frustrating features of Outlook is

that for some inexplicable reason it does not contain a
built in newsreader. I am currently running Microsoft
Outlook 2003, which nominally contains a link to the
Outlook Express newsreader. However, while the
instructions within the ever-helpful "Help" files state:

[The first time you use the newsreader, you must add

the News command to the Go menu.

1.. Add the News command to the Go menu.
How?

1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with

buttons and options that you use to carry out commands.
To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu,
and then click the Toolbars tab.), click the Toolbar
Options arrow .

2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
3.. Click the Commands tab.
4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag

it, without releasing the mouse, until it rests over the
Go menu. When the menu displays a list of commands, point
to where you want the command to appear, and then release
the mouse.

2.. Click the Go menu, and then click News.],
I cannot follow the instructions because they are

apparently inaccurate. If I
click "Commands"/"Categories"/"Go" and go through the
commands list, there isn't any listing for "News."

Does anyone know (a) how one can find the

mysterious "News" command; or, if not, (b) how else one
can open the newsreader in Outlook, without having to
switch programs and manually open Outlook Express?

Thanks.

DJ

 

[DeejayNYC]

Thanks for the reply. I don't, however, have difficulty accessing Outlook Express per se (I'm using it now to type this newsgroup message, and access it through a "Quick Launch"). I'm only looking for a way not to have to open both Outlook and Outlook Express. Microsoft could solve the problem by b uilding the newsreader into Outlook, but for some reason they've never bothered.

DJ

You should be able to start Outlook Express from the Windows Start menu, in
the Programs listing.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


In

i have the exact same problem.
also, how can i start Outlook Express if i have just
installed Outlook 2003 Student and Teacher Edition?

thank you.

-----Original Message-----
One of the frustrating features of Outlook is

that for some inexplicable reason it does not contain a
built in newsreader. I am currently running Microsoft
Outlook 2003, which nominally contains a link to the
Outlook Express newsreader. However, while the
instructions within the ever-helpful "Help" files state:

[The first time you use the newsreader, you must add

the News command to the Go menu.

1.. Add the News command to the Go menu.
How?

1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with

buttons and options that you use to carry out commands.
To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu,
and then click the Toolbars tab.), click the Toolbar
Options arrow .

2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
3.. Click the Commands tab.
4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag

it, without releasing the mouse, until it rests over the
Go menu. When the menu displays a list of commands, point
to where you want the command to appear, and then release
the mouse.

2.. Click the Go menu, and then click News.],
I cannot follow the instructions because they are

apparently inaccurate. If I
click "Commands"/"Categories"/"Go" and go through the
commands list, there isn't any listing for "News."

Does anyone know (a) how one can find the

mysterious "News" command; or, if not, (b) how else one
can open the newsreader in Outlook, without having to
switch programs and manually open Outlook Express?

Thanks.

DJ

 

[DeejayNYC]

Thanks for your response. The problem is that (a) Outlook Express is already set as the default newsreader, and, in fact, (b) the "Programs" tab under Internet Options won't give me any other options to choose from in any event. Meanwhile, the main problem -- inability to access newsgroups through Outlook, continues.

Anyone familiar with this problem?

Thanks.

DJ

To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you launch
it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails, you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/outnews switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, DeejayNYC asked:

| One of the frustrating features of Outlook is that for some
| inexplicable reason it does not contain a built in newsreader. I am
| currently running Microsoft Outlook 2003, which nominally contains a
| link to the Outlook Express newsreader. However, while the
| instructions within the ever-helpful "Help" files state:
| [The first time you use the newsreader, you must add the News
| command to the Go menu.
|
| 1.. Add the News command to the Go menu.
| How?
|
| 1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and
| options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar,
| click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.),
| click the Toolbar Options arrow .
| 2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
| 3.. Click the Commands tab.
| 4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
| 5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag it, without
| releasing the mouse, until it rests over the Go menu. When the menu
| displays a list of commands, point to where you want the command to
| appear, and then release the mouse.
| 2.. Click the Go menu, and then click News.],
| I cannot follow the instructions because they are apparently
| inaccurate. If I click "Commands"/"Categories"/"Go" and go through
| the commands list, there isn't any listing for "News."
|
| Does anyone know (a) how one can find the mysterious "News"
| command; or, if not, (b) how else one can open the newsreader in
| Outlook, without having to switch programs and manually open Outlook
| Express?
|
| Thanks.
|
| DJ

 

[DeejayNYC]

Now here's an odd one: I went through the steps outlined in Milly's helpful response, and had the difficulties outlined below. Now, however, the "News" button reappears under the "Go" commands. Sometimes MS works in mysterious ways, unknown even to those who wrote the programs...

Thanks again.

DJ
Thanks for your response. The problem is that (a) Outlook Express is already set as the default newsreader, and, in fact, (b) the "Programs" tab under Internet Options won't give me any other options to choose from in any event. Meanwhile, the main problem -- inability to access newsgroups through Outlook, continues.

Anyone familiar with this problem?

Thanks.

DJ

To get the News command back, go back to the Programs tab in Control Panel |
Internet Options and change the default newsreader to Outlook Express. If
OE prompts you to make it your default newsreader the next time you launch
it, clear the "Always perform this check..." box and then click the No
button.

You may need to reset the Menu Bar and/or restart Outlook and/or reboot your
machine in order to complete the process. Not everyone is reporting success
with this method, but try it and see what happens. If all else fails, you
can always create a desktop shortcut to Outlook Express and include the
/outnews switch -- that gives you the same result as accessing the
newsreader via the News command in Outlook.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, DeejayNYC asked:

| One of the frustrating features of Outlook is that for some
| inexplicable reason it does not contain a built in newsreader. I am
| currently running Microsoft Outlook 2003, which nominally contains a
| link to the Outlook Express newsreader. However, while the
| instructions within the ever-helpful "Help" files state:
| [The first time you use the newsreader, you must add the News
| command to the Go menu.
|
| 1.. Add the News command to the Go menu.
| How?
|
| 1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and
| options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar,
| click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.),
| click the Toolbar Options arrow .
| 2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click Customize.
| 3.. Click the Commands tab.
| 4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
| 5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag it, without
| releasing the mouse, until it rests over the Go menu. When the menu
| displays a list of commands, point to where you want the command to
| appear, and then release the mouse.
| 2.. Click the Go menu, and then click News.],
| I cannot follow the instructions because they are apparently
| inaccurate. If I click "Commands"/"Categories"/"Go" and go through
| the commands list, there isn't any listing for "News."
|
| Does anyone know (a) how one can find the mysterious "News"
| command; or, if not, (b) how else one can open the newsreader in
| Outlook, without having to switch programs and manually open Outlook
| Express?
|
| Thanks.
|
| DJ

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Microsoft has no plans to incorporate a newsreader into Outlook. Outlook is
primarily the client for Exchange server, a corporate combination.
Corporations do not want their employees browsing news groups when they
should be working. Exchange already offers a method to get news into
Outlook through a public folder.

Besides, why make Outlook more complicated than it already is when they have
a separate, perfectly fine (to most folks opinions) program that already
does this?


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, DeejayNYC asked:

| Thanks for the reply. I don't, however, have difficulty
| accessing Outlook Express per se (I'm using it now to type this
| newsgroup message, and access it through a "Quick Launch"). I'm only
| looking for a way not to have to open both Outlook and Outlook
| Express. Microsoft could solve the problem by b uilding the
| newsreader into Outlook, but for some reason they've never bothered.
|
| DJ
|
| in message || You should be able to start Outlook Express from the Windows Start
|| menu, in
|| the Programs listing.
||
|| --
|| Jocelyn Fiorello
|| MVP - Outlook
||
|| *** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
|| reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***
||
||
|| In || will wrote:
||
||| i have the exact same problem.
||| also, how can i start Outlook Express if i have just
||| installed Outlook 2003 Student and Teacher Edition?
|||
||| thank you.
|||
|||
|||
|||| -----Original Message-----
|||| One of the frustrating features of Outlook is
||| that for some inexplicable reason it does not contain a
||| built in newsreader. I am currently running Microsoft
||| Outlook 2003, which nominally contains a link to the
||| Outlook Express newsreader. However, while the
||| instructions within the ever-helpful "Help" files state:
|||| [The first time you use the newsreader, you must add
||| the News command to the Go menu.
||||
|||| 1.. Add the News command to the Go menu.
|||| How?
||||
|||| 1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with
||| buttons and options that you use to carry out commands.
||| To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu,
||| and then click the Toolbars tab.), click the Toolbar
||| Options arrow .
|||| 2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click
|||| Customize.
|||| 3.. Click the Commands tab.
|||| 4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
|||| 5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag
||| it, without releasing the mouse, until it rests over the
||| Go menu. When the menu displays a list of commands, point
||| to where you want the command to appear, and then release
||| the mouse.
|||| 2.. Click the Go menu, and then click News.],
|||| I cannot follow the instructions because they are
||| apparently inaccurate. If I
||| click "Commands"/"Categories"/"Go" and go through the
||| commands list, there isn't any listing for "News."
||||
|||| Does anyone know (a) how one can find the
||| mysterious "News" command; or, if not, (b) how else one
||| can open the newsreader in Outlook, without having to
||| switch programs and manually open Outlook Express?
||||
|||| Thanks.
||||
|||| DJ

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

My reply was actually to Will, not to you I saw that Milly had
already replied to your post with the solution.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


In

Thanks for the reply. I don't, however, have difficulty
accessing Outlook Express per se (I'm using it now to type this
newsgroup message, and access it through a "Quick Launch"). I'm only
looking for a way not to have to open both Outlook and Outlook
Express. Microsoft could solve the problem by b uilding the
newsreader into Outlook, but for some reason they've never bothered.

DJ

You should be able to start Outlook Express from the Windows Start
menu, in the Programs listing.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


In

i have the exact same problem.
also, how can i start Outlook Express if i have just
installed Outlook 2003 Student and Teacher Edition?

thank you.



-----Original Message-----
One of the frustrating features of Outlook is
that for some inexplicable reason it does not contain a
built in newsreader. I am currently running Microsoft
Outlook 2003, which nominally contains a link to the
Outlook Express newsreader. However, while the
instructions within the ever-helpful "Help" files state:
[The first time you use the newsreader, you must add
the News command to the Go menu.

1.. Add the News command to the Go menu.
How?

1.. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with
buttons and options that you use to carry out commands.
To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu,
and then click the Toolbars tab.), click the Toolbar
Options arrow .
2.. Point to Add or Remove Buttons, and then click
Customize.
3.. Click the Commands tab.
4.. In the Categories list, click Go.
5.. In the Commands list, click News, and drag
it, without releasing the mouse, until it rests over the
Go menu. When the menu displays a list of commands, point
to where you want the command to appear, and then release
the mouse.
2.. Click the Go menu, and then click News.],
I cannot follow the instructions because they are
apparently inaccurate. If I
click "Commands"/"Categories"/"Go" and go through the
commands list, there isn't any listing for "News."

Does anyone know (a) how one can find the
mysterious "News" command; or, if not, (b) how else one
can open the newsreader in Outlook, without having to
switch programs and manually open Outlook Express?

Thanks.

DJ