Hi F. Lawrence Kulchar,

In OE goto ToolsNewsgroups select the 'all' tab, then type
excel into the box which says 'display newsgroups which contain'
You can then click on any of the groups and click on subscribe.
Your subscibed newsgroups will show up in the folders window
on the left of your screen under the heading msnews.microsoft.com

Here is a link to miscallaneous to get you started
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.misc

HTH
Martin