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From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 24 May 2010 03:25 Does the File Transfer Manager open? If so and the download completes, have you had a look in the following folder C:\Users\[user name]\Downloads\Microsoft Answers NNTP Bridge You should see a Microsoft Answers NNTP Bridge V1.zip file Alternatively, if you click on the Download link under the Download single file heading, you should see a File Download dialog that gives you the option to open or save the file, the name of which is Microsoft_Answers_NNTP_Bridge_V1.zip -- 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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Abrielle" <abrielle(a)newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:062813BB-BBF3-49A9-83D4-3D01A8523C8B(a)microsoft.com... > I have tried to download the bridge but although the download page shows a > zip file, I only get 'download.dlm' which will not open! (I am not > clicking on the 'download single file'). > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote in message > news:eGPZ4Fr#KHA.4308(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Okay, let's take a step back here. These newsgroups will be shut down as >> of June 1 in the sense that Microsoft will close the Communities Web site >> and shut down the msnews server. If you're accessing the NGs via WLM, >> then you're getting them from msnews. You won't be able to do that any >> more, but there's a good chance that they will survive, at least for a >> time, on other news servers. If you have access to another news server >> (Eternal September is one that has been mentioned a lot), then you can >> continue to receive them, but you'll need to set up a new WLM account for >> that server. I haven't yet gotten around to doing this myself, so I can't >> tell you much more than that. >> >> Now, as for the Answers forums, you can, as it were, "try before you >> buy." You can view the Word forums at >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword (or >> start at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx to view all the >> Answers forums). You do not need to sign in just to read questions and >> answers, only to post. And yes, if you already have a Windows LiveID, you >> can use it. >> >> Now, the bridge. The bridge is a very small software add-in that allows >> you to access these Web forums with your newsreader (WLM in this case). >> Once you have it installed and running, you create a WLM news account for >> Answers, and you can access the forums just as if they were Usenet NGs >> (well, almost, anyway). If you go to >> https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/?wa=wsignin1.0 and scroll >> to the bottom of the page, you will see links to FAQs, instructions for >> downloading and installing the bridge, etc. But here, in a nutshell, is >> what happens: >> >> 1. You sign in and download the bridge, then install it. >> >> 2. You create a new news account in WLM giving 127.0.0.1 as the server >> address. >> >> 3. After "finishing" the account creation, you can go back to the account >> Properties and change the name of the account to "Microsoft Answers" (or >> anything else you like), fill in missing data, such as your Reply To >> address, and change the port from the default 119 to 120. >> >> 4. Installing the bridge adds a Start menu shortcut under Microsoft >> Community Tools. You may want to pin the shortcut to the Start menu or >> Taskbar because you have to start the bridge each time you restart >> Windows (for me, this is once a day). >> >> 5. The first time you start the bridge, you will be asked for your >> Windows LiveID and password (if the installation failed to pick this up, >> as it did when I installed on Windows 7 today, though it seems to me that >> on my Windows XP system it was retained). Tell Windows to remember it, >> and you're good to go. >> >> 6. Every time you start the bridge, a window will pop up with a Start >> button. When you click Start, you are logged into Answers. There's also a >> Stop button, but I can't imagine why you'd want to use it. The nice thing >> is that when you minimize this window, it automatically minimizes to the >> Systray instead of the Taskbar, so it's very unobtrusive. >> >> Once you've started the bridge, you use the Answers news account just >> like any other; downloading and posting work just the same. And you don't >> have to worry too much about posting in the wrong NG, as there are only >> three for Word: .wordcreate, .wordgraphic, and .wordshare. You may want >> to note their descriptions at >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword, but >> of course there's a good bit of overlap, anyway. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> http://word.mvps.org >> >> "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message >> news:eW25Lyq%23KHA.3704(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> "Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:e87Gogq#KHA.5044(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> First you will have to register a Live ID at the Answers forum: >>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword. >>>> Click the "Sign in" link and if you don't already have a Live ID, first >>>> register. >>>> >>>> You can then use the web interface to ask questions in the appropriate >>>> forum, or >>>> you can download and install the Microsoft Answers Bridge from >>>> http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ which allows you to >>>> continue >>>> using your newsreader. >>>> >>> >>> I haven't dared try any of this bridge stuff yet & don't understand it. >>> I'm leery of installing it before I know what it *is* or how it will >>> mess up >>> my system. >>> >>> Do you need a LiveID to get the bridge thing? >>> What *is* the bridge -- s/w, website, or what?? >>> Is it a sort of "usenet simulator" that's really a web page? >>> >>> Is this the same LiveID we may already have, though not used? I got it >>> when >>> I thought it was *required* for WLM -- they weren't exactly clear about >>> this >>> part, though I did -- after an uninstall & re-install -- manage to avoid >>> getting *everything*. And there are still some email addresses they >>> won't >>> let you use to sign up, though apparently mine is no longer among them. >>> >>> Will we have to sign in with the LiveID to d/l messages? or just to d/l >>> the >>> bridge s/w (or whatevr it is)? or what? >>> >>> I'm already afraid of asking the wrong question in the wrong group; >>> doing it >>> via klunky-web-forum would just make it worse, as it's much harder to >>> browse >>> around first to see if you're even in the right place, or maybe even if >>> your >>> problem has already been asked & answered (asking again due to >>> inadequate >>> old-thread-browsing is akin to a capital offence, it seems.) >>> >>> Should I be asking this in another group? If so, please advise *which* & >>> I'll move. >>> bj >>> >>> >>
From: Graham Mayor on 24 May 2010 04:03 Click on Download Single file and the zip file will download without using the file transfer manager. https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=28994 -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> "Abrielle" <abrielle(a)newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:062813BB-BBF3-49A9-83D4-3D01A8523C8B(a)microsoft.com... >I have tried to download the bridge but although the download page shows a >zip file, I only get 'download.dlm' which will not open! (I am not clicking >on the 'download single file'). > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote in message > news:eGPZ4Fr#KHA.4308(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Okay, let's take a step back here. These newsgroups will be shut down as >> of June 1 in the sense that Microsoft will close the Communities Web site >> and shut down the msnews server. If you're accessing the NGs via WLM, >> then you're getting them from msnews. You won't be able to do that any >> more, but there's a good chance that they will survive, at least for a >> time, on other news servers. If you have access to another news server >> (Eternal September is one that has been mentioned a lot), then you can >> continue to receive them, but you'll need to set up a new WLM account for >> that server. I haven't yet gotten around to doing this myself, so I can't >> tell you much more than that. >> >> Now, as for the Answers forums, you can, as it were, "try before you >> buy." You can view the Word forums at >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword (or >> start at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx to view all the >> Answers forums). You do not need to sign in just to read questions and >> answers, only to post. And yes, if you already have a Windows LiveID, you >> can use it. >> >> Now, the bridge. The bridge is a very small software add-in that allows >> you to access these Web forums with your newsreader (WLM in this case). >> Once you have it installed and running, you create a WLM news account for >> Answers, and you can access the forums just as if they were Usenet NGs >> (well, almost, anyway). If you go to >> https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/?wa=wsignin1.0 and scroll >> to the bottom of the page, you will see links to FAQs, instructions for >> downloading and installing the bridge, etc. But here, in a nutshell, is >> what happens: >> >> 1. You sign in and download the bridge, then install it. >> >> 2. You create a new news account in WLM giving 127.0.0.1 as the server >> address. >> >> 3. After "finishing" the account creation, you can go back to the account >> Properties and change the name of the account to "Microsoft Answers" (or >> anything else you like), fill in missing data, such as your Reply To >> address, and change the port from the default 119 to 120. >> >> 4. Installing the bridge adds a Start menu shortcut under Microsoft >> Community Tools. You may want to pin the shortcut to the Start menu or >> Taskbar because you have to start the bridge each time you restart >> Windows (for me, this is once a day). >> >> 5. The first time you start the bridge, you will be asked for your >> Windows LiveID and password (if the installation failed to pick this up, >> as it did when I installed on Windows 7 today, though it seems to me that >> on my Windows XP system it was retained). Tell Windows to remember it, >> and you're good to go. >> >> 6. Every time you start the bridge, a window will pop up with a Start >> button. When you click Start, you are logged into Answers. There's also a >> Stop button, but I can't imagine why you'd want to use it. The nice thing >> is that when you minimize this window, it automatically minimizes to the >> Systray instead of the Taskbar, so it's very unobtrusive. >> >> Once you've started the bridge, you use the Answers news account just >> like any other; downloading and posting work just the same. And you don't >> have to worry too much about posting in the wrong NG, as there are only >> three for Word: .wordcreate, .wordgraphic, and .wordshare. You may want >> to note their descriptions at >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword, but >> of course there's a good bit of overlap, anyway. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> http://word.mvps.org >> >> "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message >> news:eW25Lyq%23KHA.3704(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> "Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:e87Gogq#KHA.5044(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> First you will have to register a Live ID at the Answers forum: >>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword. >>>> Click the "Sign in" link and if you don't already have a Live ID, first >>>> register. >>>> >>>> You can then use the web interface to ask questions in the appropriate >>>> forum, or >>>> you can download and install the Microsoft Answers Bridge from >>>> http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ which allows you to >>>> continue >>>> using your newsreader. >>>> >>> >>> I haven't dared try any of this bridge stuff yet & don't understand it. >>> I'm leery of installing it before I know what it *is* or how it will >>> mess up >>> my system. >>> >>> Do you need a LiveID to get the bridge thing? >>> What *is* the bridge -- s/w, website, or what?? >>> Is it a sort of "usenet simulator" that's really a web page? >>> >>> Is this the same LiveID we may already have, though not used? I got it >>> when >>> I thought it was *required* for WLM -- they weren't exactly clear about >>> this >>> part, though I did -- after an uninstall & re-install -- manage to avoid >>> getting *everything*. And there are still some email addresses they >>> won't >>> let you use to sign up, though apparently mine is no longer among them. >>> >>> Will we have to sign in with the LiveID to d/l messages? or just to d/l >>> the >>> bridge s/w (or whatevr it is)? or what? >>> >>> I'm already afraid of asking the wrong question in the wrong group; >>> doing it >>> via klunky-web-forum would just make it worse, as it's much harder to >>> browse >>> around first to see if you're even in the right place, or maybe even if >>> your >>> problem has already been asked & answered (asking again due to >>> inadequate >>> old-thread-browsing is akin to a capital offence, it seems.) >>> >>> Should I be asking this in another group? If so, please advise *which* & >>> I'll move. >>> bj >>> >>> >>
From: abrielle on 24 May 2010 06:11 OK thanks, I have that set up now. I have added the Answers in my Windows Live Mail Newsgroups as per Suzanne's instructions. I can get a list of newsgroups but there is no mention of the ones I have added online in My Forums, i.e. the Word forums, in the list. The only one shown in English is for IT developers, not .wordcreate, .wordgraphic, and ..wordshare. I have Use NNTP Bridge checked in my forum preferences. Can you help, please? "Graham Mayor" <gmayor(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message news:#Gxmgex#KHA.5464(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Click on Download Single file and the zip file will download without using > the file transfer manager. > > https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=28994 > > -- > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP > > My web site www.gmayor.com > Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > > > "Abrielle" <abrielle(a)newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:062813BB-BBF3-49A9-83D4-3D01A8523C8B(a)microsoft.com... >>I have tried to download the bridge but although the download page shows a >>zip file, I only get 'download.dlm' which will not open! (I am not >>clicking on the 'download single file'). >> >> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote in message >> news:eGPZ4Fr#KHA.4308(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Okay, let's take a step back here. These newsgroups will be shut down as >>> of June 1 in the sense that Microsoft will close the Communities Web >>> site and shut down the msnews server. If you're accessing the NGs via >>> WLM, then you're getting them from msnews. You won't be able to do that >>> any more, but there's a good chance that they will survive, at least for >>> a time, on other news servers. If you have access to another news server >>> (Eternal September is one that has been mentioned a lot), then you can >>> continue to receive them, but you'll need to set up a new WLM account >>> for that server. I haven't yet gotten around to doing this myself, so I >>> can't tell you much more than that. >>> >>> Now, as for the Answers forums, you can, as it were, "try before you >>> buy." You can view the Word forums at >>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword (or >>> start at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx to view all the >>> Answers forums). You do not need to sign in just to read questions and >>> answers, only to post. And yes, if you already have a Windows LiveID, >>> you can use it. >>> >>> Now, the bridge. The bridge is a very small software add-in that allows >>> you to access these Web forums with your newsreader (WLM in this case). >>> Once you have it installed and running, you create a WLM news account >>> for Answers, and you can access the forums just as if they were Usenet >>> NGs (well, almost, anyway). If you go to >>> https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/?wa=wsignin1.0 and scroll >>> to the bottom of the page, you will see links to FAQs, instructions for >>> downloading and installing the bridge, etc. But here, in a nutshell, is >>> what happens: >>> >>> 1. You sign in and download the bridge, then install it. >>> >>> 2. You create a new news account in WLM giving 127.0.0.1 as the server >>> address. >>> >>> 3. After "finishing" the account creation, you can go back to the >>> account Properties and change the name of the account to "Microsoft >>> Answers" (or anything else you like), fill in missing data, such as your >>> Reply To address, and change the port from the default 119 to 120. >>> >>> 4. Installing the bridge adds a Start menu shortcut under Microsoft >>> Community Tools. You may want to pin the shortcut to the Start menu or >>> Taskbar because you have to start the bridge each time you restart >>> Windows (for me, this is once a day). >>> >>> 5. The first time you start the bridge, you will be asked for your >>> Windows LiveID and password (if the installation failed to pick this up, >>> as it did when I installed on Windows 7 today, though it seems to me >>> that on my Windows XP system it was retained). Tell Windows to remember >>> it, and you're good to go. >>> >>> 6. Every time you start the bridge, a window will pop up with a Start >>> button. When you click Start, you are logged into Answers. There's also >>> a Stop button, but I can't imagine why you'd want to use it. The nice >>> thing is that when you minimize this window, it automatically minimizes >>> to the Systray instead of the Taskbar, so it's very unobtrusive. >>> >>> Once you've started the bridge, you use the Answers news account just >>> like any other; downloading and posting work just the same. And you >>> don't have to worry too much about posting in the wrong NG, as there are >>> only three for Word: .wordcreate, .wordgraphic, and .wordshare. You may >>> want to note their descriptions at >>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword, >>> but of course there's a good bit of overlap, anyway. >>> >>> -- >>> Suzanne S. Barnhill >>> Microsoft MVP (Word) >>> Words into Type >>> Fairhope, Alabama USA >>> http://word.mvps.org >>> >>> "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message >>> news:eW25Lyq%23KHA.3704(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> "Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>> news:e87Gogq#KHA.5044(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>>> First you will have to register a Live ID at the Answers forum: >>>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword. >>>>> Click the "Sign in" link and if you don't already have a Live ID, >>>>> first >>>>> register. >>>>> >>>>> You can then use the web interface to ask questions in the appropriate >>>>> forum, or >>>>> you can download and install the Microsoft Answers Bridge from >>>>> http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ which allows you to >>>>> continue >>>>> using your newsreader. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I haven't dared try any of this bridge stuff yet & don't understand it. >>>> I'm leery of installing it before I know what it *is* or how it will >>>> mess up >>>> my system. >>>> >>>> Do you need a LiveID to get the bridge thing? >>>> What *is* the bridge -- s/w, website, or what?? >>>> Is it a sort of "usenet simulator" that's really a web page? >>>> >>>> Is this the same LiveID we may already have, though not used? I got it >>>> when >>>> I thought it was *required* for WLM -- they weren't exactly clear about >>>> this >>>> part, though I did -- after an uninstall & re-install -- manage to >>>> avoid >>>> getting *everything*. And there are still some email addresses they >>>> won't >>>> let you use to sign up, though apparently mine is no longer among them. >>>> >>>> Will we have to sign in with the LiveID to d/l messages? or just to d/l >>>> the >>>> bridge s/w (or whatevr it is)? or what? >>>> >>>> I'm already afraid of asking the wrong question in the wrong group; >>>> doing it >>>> via klunky-web-forum would just make it worse, as it's much harder to >>>> browse >>>> around first to see if you're even in the right place, or maybe even if >>>> your >>>> problem has already been asked & answered (asking again due to >>>> inadequate >>>> old-thread-browsing is akin to a capital offence, it seems.) >>>> >>>> Should I be asking this in another group? If so, please advise *which* >>>> & >>>> I'll move. >>>> bj >>>> >>>> >>> > >
From: Graham Mayor on 24 May 2010 06:56 Did you download the right bridge? There are two. The one you want is version 1.0 for Answers and which was the one I linked in my earlier message. In the list of newsgroups on that bridge you will find the three forums that you mention. i.e. Answers.en-US.wordcreate Answers.en-US.wordgraphic Answers.en-US.wordshare plus Answers.en-US.officeprog -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> "abrielle" <abrielle(a)newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:171A3CC0-919A-4D95-8EB4-AF44085D73B1(a)microsoft.com... > OK thanks, I have that set up now. > > I have added the Answers in my Windows Live Mail Newsgroups as per > Suzanne's instructions. > > I can get a list of newsgroups but there is no mention of the ones I have > added online in My Forums, i.e. the Word forums, in the list. The only one > shown in English is for IT developers, not .wordcreate, .wordgraphic, and > .wordshare. > > I have Use NNTP Bridge checked in my forum preferences. > > Can you help, please? > > "Graham Mayor" <gmayor(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message > news:#Gxmgex#KHA.5464(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Click on Download Single file and the zip file will download without >> using the file transfer manager. >> >> https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=28994 >> >> -- >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >> Graham Mayor - Word MVP >> >> My web site www.gmayor.com >> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >> >> >> "Abrielle" <abrielle(a)newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:062813BB-BBF3-49A9-83D4-3D01A8523C8B(a)microsoft.com... >>>I have tried to download the bridge but although the download page shows >>>a zip file, I only get 'download.dlm' which will not open! (I am not >>>clicking on the 'download single file'). >>> >>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote in message >>> news:eGPZ4Fr#KHA.4308(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> Okay, let's take a step back here. These newsgroups will be shut down >>>> as of June 1 in the sense that Microsoft will close the Communities Web >>>> site and shut down the msnews server. If you're accessing the NGs via >>>> WLM, then you're getting them from msnews. You won't be able to do that >>>> any more, but there's a good chance that they will survive, at least >>>> for a time, on other news servers. If you have access to another news >>>> server (Eternal September is one that has been mentioned a lot), then >>>> you can continue to receive them, but you'll need to set up a new WLM >>>> account for that server. I haven't yet gotten around to doing this >>>> myself, so I can't tell you much more than that. >>>> >>>> Now, as for the Answers forums, you can, as it were, "try before you >>>> buy." You can view the Word forums at >>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword >>>> (or start at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx to view >>>> all the Answers forums). You do not need to sign in just to read >>>> questions and answers, only to post. And yes, if you already have a >>>> Windows LiveID, you can use it. >>>> >>>> Now, the bridge. The bridge is a very small software add-in that allows >>>> you to access these Web forums with your newsreader (WLM in this case). >>>> Once you have it installed and running, you create a WLM news account >>>> for Answers, and you can access the forums just as if they were Usenet >>>> NGs (well, almost, anyway). If you go to >>>> https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/?wa=wsignin1.0 and scroll >>>> to the bottom of the page, you will see links to FAQs, instructions for >>>> downloading and installing the bridge, etc. But here, in a nutshell, is >>>> what happens: >>>> >>>> 1. You sign in and download the bridge, then install it. >>>> >>>> 2. You create a new news account in WLM giving 127.0.0.1 as the server >>>> address. >>>> >>>> 3. After "finishing" the account creation, you can go back to the >>>> account Properties and change the name of the account to "Microsoft >>>> Answers" (or anything else you like), fill in missing data, such as >>>> your Reply To address, and change the port from the default 119 to 120. >>>> >>>> 4. Installing the bridge adds a Start menu shortcut under Microsoft >>>> Community Tools. You may want to pin the shortcut to the Start menu or >>>> Taskbar because you have to start the bridge each time you restart >>>> Windows (for me, this is once a day). >>>> >>>> 5. The first time you start the bridge, you will be asked for your >>>> Windows LiveID and password (if the installation failed to pick this >>>> up, as it did when I installed on Windows 7 today, though it seems to >>>> me that on my Windows XP system it was retained). Tell Windows to >>>> remember it, and you're good to go. >>>> >>>> 6. Every time you start the bridge, a window will pop up with a Start >>>> button. When you click Start, you are logged into Answers. There's also >>>> a Stop button, but I can't imagine why you'd want to use it. The nice >>>> thing is that when you minimize this window, it automatically minimizes >>>> to the Systray instead of the Taskbar, so it's very unobtrusive. >>>> >>>> Once you've started the bridge, you use the Answers news account just >>>> like any other; downloading and posting work just the same. And you >>>> don't have to worry too much about posting in the wrong NG, as there >>>> are only three for Word: .wordcreate, .wordgraphic, and .wordshare. You >>>> may want to note their descriptions at >>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword, >>>> but of course there's a good bit of overlap, anyway. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill >>>> Microsoft MVP (Word) >>>> Words into Type >>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA >>>> http://word.mvps.org >>>> >>>> "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message >>>> news:eW25Lyq%23KHA.3704(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>> "Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:e87Gogq#KHA.5044(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>>>> First you will have to register a Live ID at the Answers forum: >>>>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword. >>>>>> Click the "Sign in" link and if you don't already have a Live ID, >>>>>> first >>>>>> register. >>>>>> >>>>>> You can then use the web interface to ask questions in the >>>>>> appropriate >>>>>> forum, or >>>>>> you can download and install the Microsoft Answers Bridge from >>>>>> http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ which allows you to >>>>>> continue >>>>>> using your newsreader. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I haven't dared try any of this bridge stuff yet & don't understand >>>>> it. >>>>> I'm leery of installing it before I know what it *is* or how it will >>>>> mess up >>>>> my system. >>>>> >>>>> Do you need a LiveID to get the bridge thing? >>>>> What *is* the bridge -- s/w, website, or what?? >>>>> Is it a sort of "usenet simulator" that's really a web page? >>>>> >>>>> Is this the same LiveID we may already have, though not used? I got it >>>>> when >>>>> I thought it was *required* for WLM -- they weren't exactly clear >>>>> about this >>>>> part, though I did -- after an uninstall & re-install -- manage to >>>>> avoid >>>>> getting *everything*. And there are still some email addresses they >>>>> won't >>>>> let you use to sign up, though apparently mine is no longer among >>>>> them. >>>>> >>>>> Will we have to sign in with the LiveID to d/l messages? or just to >>>>> d/l the >>>>> bridge s/w (or whatevr it is)? or what? >>>>> >>>>> I'm already afraid of asking the wrong question in the wrong group; >>>>> doing it >>>>> via klunky-web-forum would just make it worse, as it's much harder to >>>>> browse >>>>> around first to see if you're even in the right place, or maybe even >>>>> if your >>>>> problem has already been asked & answered (asking again due to >>>>> inadequate >>>>> old-thread-browsing is akin to a capital offence, it seems.) >>>>> >>>>> Should I be asking this in another group? If so, please advise *which* >>>>> & >>>>> I'll move. >>>>> bj >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> >>
From: abrielle on 24 May 2010 08:05
Yes, Microsoft Answers NNTP bridge V1.zip I ran the setup.exe and logged in. I then downloaded all newsgroups (and descriptions) but the forums you mention are not among them. "Graham Mayor" <gmayor(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message news:#05g8#y#KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Did you download the right bridge? There are two. The one you want is > version 1.0 for Answers and which was the one I linked in my earlier > message. In the list of newsgroups on that bridge you will find the three > forums that you mention. i.e. > > Answers.en-US.wordcreate > Answers.en-US.wordgraphic > Answers.en-US.wordshare > plus > Answers.en-US.officeprog > > -- > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Graham Mayor - Word MVP > > My web site www.gmayor.com > Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org > <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > > > "abrielle" <abrielle(a)newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:171A3CC0-919A-4D95-8EB4-AF44085D73B1(a)microsoft.com... >> OK thanks, I have that set up now. >> >> I have added the Answers in my Windows Live Mail Newsgroups as per >> Suzanne's instructions. >> >> I can get a list of newsgroups but there is no mention of the ones I have >> added online in My Forums, i.e. the Word forums, in the list. The only >> one shown in English is for IT developers, not .wordcreate, .wordgraphic, >> and .wordshare. >> >> I have Use NNTP Bridge checked in my forum preferences. >> >> Can you help, please? >> >> "Graham Mayor" <gmayor(a)REMOVETHISmvps.org> wrote in message >> news:#Gxmgex#KHA.5464(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> Click on Download Single file and the zip file will download without >>> using the file transfer manager. >>> >>> https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=28994 >>> >>> -- >>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP >>> >>> My web site www.gmayor.com >>> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org >>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> >>> >>> >>> "Abrielle" <abrielle(a)newsgroup.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:062813BB-BBF3-49A9-83D4-3D01A8523C8B(a)microsoft.com... >>>>I have tried to download the bridge but although the download page shows >>>>a zip file, I only get 'download.dlm' which will not open! (I am not >>>>clicking on the 'download single file'). >>>> >>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill(a)mvps.org> wrote in message >>>> news:eGPZ4Fr#KHA.4308(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>>> Okay, let's take a step back here. These newsgroups will be shut down >>>>> as of June 1 in the sense that Microsoft will close the Communities >>>>> Web site and shut down the msnews server. If you're accessing the NGs >>>>> via WLM, then you're getting them from msnews. You won't be able to do >>>>> that any more, but there's a good chance that they will survive, at >>>>> least for a time, on other news servers. If you have access to another >>>>> news server (Eternal September is one that has been mentioned a lot), >>>>> then you can continue to receive them, but you'll need to set up a new >>>>> WLM account for that server. I haven't yet gotten around to doing this >>>>> myself, so I can't tell you much more than that. >>>>> >>>>> Now, as for the Answers forums, you can, as it were, "try before you >>>>> buy." You can view the Word forums at >>>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword >>>>> (or start at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx to view >>>>> all the Answers forums). You do not need to sign in just to read >>>>> questions and answers, only to post. And yes, if you already have a >>>>> Windows LiveID, you can use it. >>>>> >>>>> Now, the bridge. The bridge is a very small software add-in that >>>>> allows you to access these Web forums with your newsreader (WLM in >>>>> this case). Once you have it installed and running, you create a WLM >>>>> news account for Answers, and you can access the forums just as if >>>>> they were Usenet NGs (well, almost, anyway). If you go to >>>>> https://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/?wa=wsignin1.0 and >>>>> scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see links to FAQs, >>>>> instructions for downloading and installing the bridge, etc. But here, >>>>> in a nutshell, is what happens: >>>>> >>>>> 1. You sign in and download the bridge, then install it. >>>>> >>>>> 2. You create a new news account in WLM giving 127.0.0.1 as the server >>>>> address. >>>>> >>>>> 3. After "finishing" the account creation, you can go back to the >>>>> account Properties and change the name of the account to "Microsoft >>>>> Answers" (or anything else you like), fill in missing data, such as >>>>> your Reply To address, and change the port from the default 119 to >>>>> 120. >>>>> >>>>> 4. Installing the bridge adds a Start menu shortcut under Microsoft >>>>> Community Tools. You may want to pin the shortcut to the Start menu or >>>>> Taskbar because you have to start the bridge each time you restart >>>>> Windows (for me, this is once a day). >>>>> >>>>> 5. The first time you start the bridge, you will be asked for your >>>>> Windows LiveID and password (if the installation failed to pick this >>>>> up, as it did when I installed on Windows 7 today, though it seems to >>>>> me that on my Windows XP system it was retained). Tell Windows to >>>>> remember it, and you're good to go. >>>>> >>>>> 6. Every time you start the bridge, a window will pop up with a Start >>>>> button. When you click Start, you are logged into Answers. There's >>>>> also a Stop button, but I can't imagine why you'd want to use it. The >>>>> nice thing is that when you minimize this window, it automatically >>>>> minimizes to the Systray instead of the Taskbar, so it's very >>>>> unobtrusive. >>>>> >>>>> Once you've started the bridge, you use the Answers news account just >>>>> like any other; downloading and posting work just the same. And you >>>>> don't have to worry too much about posting in the wrong NG, as there >>>>> are only three for Word: .wordcreate, .wordgraphic, and .wordshare. >>>>> You may want to note their descriptions at >>>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword, >>>>> but of course there's a good bit of overlap, anyway. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill >>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word) >>>>> Words into Type >>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA >>>>> http://word.mvps.org >>>>> >>>>> "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message >>>>> news:eW25Lyq%23KHA.3704(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>>> "Stefan Blom" <StefanBlom(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:e87Gogq#KHA.5044(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>>>>> First you will have to register a Live ID at the Answers forum: >>>>>>> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/officeword. >>>>>>> Click the "Sign in" link and if you don't already have a Live ID, >>>>>>> first >>>>>>> register. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You can then use the web interface to ask questions in the >>>>>>> appropriate >>>>>>> forum, or >>>>>>> you can download and install the Microsoft Answers Bridge from >>>>>>> http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ which allows you to >>>>>>> continue >>>>>>> using your newsreader. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I haven't dared try any of this bridge stuff yet & don't understand >>>>>> it. >>>>>> I'm leery of installing it before I know what it *is* or how it will >>>>>> mess up >>>>>> my system. >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you need a LiveID to get the bridge thing? >>>>>> What *is* the bridge -- s/w, website, or what?? >>>>>> Is it a sort of "usenet simulator" that's really a web page? >>>>>> >>>>>> Is this the same LiveID we may already have, though not used? I got >>>>>> it when >>>>>> I thought it was *required* for WLM -- they weren't exactly clear >>>>>> about this >>>>>> part, though I did -- after an uninstall & re-install -- manage to >>>>>> avoid >>>>>> getting *everything*. And there are still some email addresses they >>>>>> won't >>>>>> let you use to sign up, though apparently mine is no longer among >>>>>> them. >>>>>> >>>>>> Will we have to sign in with the LiveID to d/l messages? or just to >>>>>> d/l the >>>>>> bridge s/w (or whatevr it is)? or what? >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm already afraid of asking the wrong question in the wrong group; >>>>>> doing it >>>>>> via klunky-web-forum would just make it worse, as it's much harder to >>>>>> browse >>>>>> around first to see if you're even in the right place, or maybe even >>>>>> if your >>>>>> problem has already been asked & answered (asking again due to >>>>>> inadequate >>>>>> old-thread-browsing is akin to a capital offence, it seems.) >>>>>> >>>>>> Should I be asking this in another group? If so, please advise >>>>>> *which* & >>>>>> I'll move. >>>>>> bj >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > > |