Possibly you have not "logged in" There is a small button (Excel 2007) in
the upper right hand corner to sign in/out

Bob

"lindalou" wrote:

This is not directly an excel question. Often, when I log on to this
discussion group (or one of the other office discussion groups), the box that
will allow me to ask a question or reply will not come up. It's got nothing
to do with my firewall settings. I can turn the firewall off completely and
it still won't work. Any ideas? Sometimes this will go on for several days.