"Dan McGarigle" wrote:
That URL you sent at cpearson would work just fine, but, my Internet
Service Provider (Time Warner Roadrunner) dropped their NNTP
server last December, and no longer supports any news groups at all.
Same with my ISP, Comcast.
You should just try the instructions. They will probably work. Be sure to
read the section titled "Connection To Newgroups".
Your ISP does not need to support its own NNTP server. You are using the
msnews.microsoft.com server instead.
Theoretically, it is possible that Time Warner blocks connections to the
standard NNTP destination port (119) for any destination IP address (for
msnews.microsoft.com, in this case). But that is unlikely.
There is a way for you to test this.
1. On the Windows desktop toolbar, click Start, then Run. In the Open file,
type "cmd" without quotes, then click OK. That should open a cmd.exe
window.
2. In the cmd.exe window, enter the following command: telnet
msnews.microsoft.com 119
3. You should get output that looks something like the following:
200 NNTP Service 6.0.3790.1830 Version: 6.0.3790.1830 Posting Allowed
4. If you do, enter the following command: quit
That should terminate the telent command. But in any case, you can close
the cmd.exe window.
(Ironically, this might fail for another reason, and connecting to
msnews.microsoft.com through OE might work after all. But I'm betting that
TW does not restrict internet access in the ways that I can imagine they
might theoretically.)
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"Dan McGarigle" wrote in message
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Dear JoeU2004
That URL you sent at cpearson would work just fine, but,
my Internet Service Provider (Time Warner Roadrunner) dropped their NNTP
server last December, and no longer supports any news groups at all.
So I will have to search and find an ISP that does support news groups.
However, your last, and well worded, reply gives me enough starting points
to work through getting the formula entered into an Excel cell.
Thanks so much JoeU2004 !
You're done with this one !
Dan
"JoeU2004" wrote:
"Dan McGarigle" wrote:
Can you please tell me the steps to access the Microsoft news server ?
Does the following help?
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/HintsA...roupUsers.aspx
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"Dan McGarigle" wrote in message
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Dear JoeU2004
I have tried to use Internet Explorer 6 to access the "you can post to
the
MSnews server directly" by using the URL "http://msnews.microsoft.com/"
but I get only an error message that says "Cannot connect to the
server".
Can you please tell me the steps to access the Microsoft news server ?
Thanks !
Dan
"JoeU2004" wrote:
"Dan McGarigle" wrote:
How do I post a question that needs to show an equation that won't
be
visually coherent when viewed by this text composer/viewer.
You appear to be using the MS Discussion Groups web interface. To my
knowledge, you cannot post attachments. I believe you are limited to
text
in your postings.
If you can use Outlook Express (Windows Mail in Vista) or Outlook (I
believe), you can post to the MSnews server directly. Then you can
add
attachments. I presume the attachments, and maybe even the entire
posting,
are not visible to experts who use MSDG or Google Groups.
(Surprisingly,
some do.) But I think the majority of knowledgable people access the
MSnews
server directly. There should be sufficient critical mass for you to
get
some helpful responses.
But what is it about your "equation" (formula?) that makes you think
it
cannot be viewed "coherently" in a text-only article?
Perhaps a viable alternative would be to copy-and-paste the formula
from
the
Formula Bar, and for anything that is not "coherent" in English text,
perhaps you could just explain them, if they are relevant to your
question.
In fact, if they are not relevant to your question, perhaps you could
reduce
your problem to a formula that __can__ be posted "coherently" in
English
text without any special work.
If you do not get any satisfactory suggestions, as a last resort, you
can
send your Excel workbook to me with an explanation in email. If
nothing
else, I might be able to find a way for you to post the salient
information
in a text-only article. Send the workbook to joeu2004 "at"
hotmail.com.
PS: Other knowledgable people in these forums know how to post
"attachments" to public web sites; then you can put the URL into a
text-only
posting here. One of those people might be a better choice than I to
help
you one-on-one. That's why I would consider myself a "last resort".
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"Dan McGarigle" wrote in
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Dear Excel
How do I post a question that needs to show an equation that won't
be
visually coherent when viewed by this text composer/viewer.
Can I send a .jpg that shows the equation to someone ?
Thanks !
Dan