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From: Jon Peltier on 1 Jun 2010 13:13
Technically correct. The newsgroups will continue to exist on other news
servers. But the newsgroups have been in decline for some time, at least
in terms of posting volume. I think we'll see the same decline in these
groups as we saw in the three-dot
microsoft.public.excel.worksheetfunctions group.

It's too bad, because the web forums are less efficient than the
newsgroups (following the pattern established by the conversion from
Office 2003 to 2007), and poorly conceived and implemented.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://peltiertech.com/


On 6/1/2010 11:46 AM, Harlan Grove wrote:
> "Ron de Bruin"<rondebr...(a)kabelfoon.nl> wrote...
>> Today is a sad day because tomorrow MS will close the Excel newsgroups.
>> I want to say that I hade a great time in the Excel groups the last years.
> ...
>
> This represents a thorough lack of understanding of how USENET/NNTP
> newsgroups work. Microsoft's own msnews.microsoft.com servers may no
> longer exist, so the microsoft.* newsgroups would no longer be found
> there, but the microsoft.* newsgroups have been around so long that
> most of the larger ISPs carry them. As long as other ISPs carry them,
> they continue to exist. Microsoft killed off
> microsoft.public.excel.worksheetfunctions (note only 3 periods) in
> favor of microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions (note 4 periods)
> years ago, but the former continues to have traffic, though much
> reduced from when Microsoft servers hosted it.
>
> These newsgroups will continue to exist, and they may effectively
> become Google-hosted, but they won't disappear any time soon.
From: Jef Gorbach on 1 Jun 2010 16:02
On May 31, 3:04 pm, "Ron de Bruin" <rondebr...(a)kabelfoon.nl> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Today is a sad day because tomorrow MS will close the Excel newsgroups.
> I want to say that I hade a great time in the Excel groups the last years..
>
> Sharing knowledge is a great thing
>
> After tomorrow we must use the MS forums and I hope it will
> give me the same fun as I hade with the newsgroups.
>
> Maybe this page will help you if you start using the MS Forums and not like the web interfacehttp://www.rondebruin.nl/nntpbridge.htm
>
> Thanks everybody for everything, see you in the MS Forums
>
> --
>
> Regards Ron de Bruinhttp://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm

speaking of the "new" forum ... where the heck is it?? numerous
searches have found lots of product links, references to already
replied questions, but nothing like "our" simple Q&A list format here
which is what I'm seeking - or is the "improvement" a scattered
shotgun approach without any centralized list of recently posted Q&A?
From: T. Valko on 1 Jun 2010 21:50
>is the "improvement" a scattered shotgun approach
>without any centralized list of recently posted Q&A?

Yes, it's pretty much scattered around!

Here's a link for the Office applications and for Windows operating systems
and a few odds and ends.

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jef Gorbach" <jefgorbach(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:9367c9b1-bba2-421e-a3bd-8f4c3565d5dc(a)42g2000prb.googlegroups.com...
On May 31, 3:04 pm, "Ron de Bruin" <rondebr...(a)kabelfoon.nl> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Today is a sad day because tomorrow MS will close the Excel newsgroups.
> I want to say that I hade a great time in the Excel groups the last years.
>
> Sharing knowledge is a great thing
>
> After tomorrow we must use the MS forums and I hope it will
> give me the same fun as I hade with the newsgroups.
>
> Maybe this page will help you if you start using the MS Forums and not
> like the web interfacehttp://www.rondebruin.nl/nntpbridge.htm
>
> Thanks everybody for everything, see you in the MS Forums
>
> --
>
> Regards Ron de Bruinhttp://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm

speaking of the "new" forum ... where the heck is it?? numerous
searches have found lots of product links, references to already
replied questions, but nothing like "our" simple Q&A list format here
which is what I'm seeking - or is the "improvement" a scattered
shotgun approach without any centralized list of recently posted Q&A?


From: Jef Gorbach on 2 Jun 2010 12:11
On Jun 1, 9:50 pm, "T. Valko" <biffinp...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> >is the "improvement" a scattered shotgun approach
> >without any centralized list of recently posted Q&A?
>
> Yes, it's pretty much scattered around!
>
> Here's a link for the Office applications and for Windows operating systems
> and a few odds and ends.
>
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories
>
> --
> Biff
> Microsoft Excel MVP
>
Anyway to find Today's questions relating to VBA in Excel?

OTOH looks like Google at least is maintaining this newsgroup
regardless of Msft's intent so wont really matter as long as WE (and
google/usenet) refuse to budge lol
From: T. Valko on 2 Jun 2010 14:57
>Anyway to find Today's questions relating to VBA in Excel?

The ngs seem to be still "operating" as usual so far today. So you can just
look at the Programming ng.

The new forums don't have a category dedicated to just VBA for Excel.
There's a general category for VBA for Office:

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officeprog/threads

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jef Gorbach" <jefgorbach(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:a7f120a7-9700-4b83-989b-b054cf3e194e(a)n20g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
On Jun 1, 9:50 pm, "T. Valko" <biffinp...(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> >is the "improvement" a scattered shotgun approach
> >without any centralized list of recently posted Q&A?
>
> Yes, it's pretty much scattered around!
>
> Here's a link for the Office applications and for Windows operating
> systems
> and a few odds and ends.
>
> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories
>
> --
> Biff
> Microsoft Excel MVP
>
Anyway to find Today's questions relating to VBA in Excel?

OTOH looks like Google at least is maintaining this newsgroup
regardless of Msft's intent so wont really matter as long as WE (and
google/usenet) refuse to budge lol


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