You don't say how you access the newsgroups.
I'll guess that it's via the web interface.

If that's true:

Answer 1:
Enter your username (willie091028) in the Search for box,
select the group from the dropdown list (Excel General Questions)
Click the [Go] button

When I did that...your 3 threads listed, one from 01/12/07
(I would post the link, but I see that Dave F already did)

Answer 2:
You can thank a helpful poster right in another post in the same thread.
At a minimum...
Select the helpful response post and click [Yes] button for "Did this post
answer the question?". That lets the poster, and everyone else, know that
the question was answered by that post.

I hope that helps.
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"willie091028" wrote:

I'm new to this and have a couple of general questions. First of all, I
posted a question on 1-12-07. I received a response which I printed out and
have subsequently lost. I wanted to print it out again. Is there a way to
go directly to the date or to my user name instead of scrolling through the
entire list? DSL isn't available here yet and scrolling through using dialup
is a time consuming nightmare.

Also, the response I received to my question on 1-12-07 was simple to
understand and solved my problem quickly. Is there a way to thank the person
who responded to my request?