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Hi,
I am going to try and broaden my knowledge of Excel. At present I am reading the various Microsoft News Groups. I have also seen Mr Excel and Spreadsheet-1 forums. Is there a recommended forum that I should be reading or all they all much the same? Thanks, Mickey |
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This, and its relations .programming and .worksheetfunctions, are the
original and the best ;-) -- HTH RP (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "MBlake" wrote in message ... Hi, I am going to try and broaden my knowledge of Excel. At present I am reading the various Microsoft News Groups. I have also seen Mr Excel and Spreadsheet-1 forums. Is there a recommended forum that I should be reading or all they all much the same? Thanks, Mickey |
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Thanks Bob,
Mickey |
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To add to that, I think .worksheetfunctions was intended for actual
functions -- SUM(), IF() etc. -- though many other questions are put there. I guess the only reason it matters is that not everyone looks through all the groups, and it's good to have some differentiation. -- Earl Kiosterud mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net ------------------------------------------- "Bob Phillips" wrote in message ... This, and its relations .programming and .worksheetfunctions, are the original and the best ;-) -- HTH RP (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "MBlake" wrote in message ... Hi, I am going to try and broaden my knowledge of Excel. At present I am reading the various Microsoft News Groups. I have also seen Mr Excel and Spreadsheet-1 forums. Is there a recommended forum that I should be reading or all they all much the same? Thanks, Mickey |
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I think a lot of it is the same........it's just mostly a matter of format
preference, and "where you feel comfortable"......the main thing is to keep reading...........I personally prefer the Microsoft newsgroups like this one, "Programming", "Worksheet functions", "Newusers", "Charting", "Links", etc etc........all when viewed with my Outlook Express.........I don't really like the interface going directly there from the Web, but I do use it at work 'cause they don't use OE............ Soon, you'll be reading the OP and then trying to figure the answer yourself before reading the others........that's the fun part. And if you see an answer, but don't understand it, then ASK for a clarification and someone will be happy to explain. Then one day, YOU will be helping others........it's really a great way to learn. Welcome aboard....... Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "MBlake" wrote in message ... Hi, I am going to try and broaden my knowledge of Excel. At present I am reading the various Microsoft News Groups. I have also seen Mr Excel and Spreadsheet-1 forums. Is there a recommended forum that I should be reading or all they all much the same? Thanks, Mickey |
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If you're just lurking, I like:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.misc news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.excel.setup news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...el.programming news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...heet.functions news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...excel.newusers But if you really have questions that require answers... news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.misc news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...excel.charting news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.excel.setup news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...el.programming news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...heet.functions news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...excel.newusers news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...excel.printing news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.excel.links news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xcel.templates news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...el.crashesgpfs Pick out the one with the best fit and post to that newsgroup. It's not necessary to post to multiple newsgroups, but if you think you must, just send one message addressed to all the newsgroups you think will help. If you send multiple messages to multiple newsgroups (called multiposting), you'll have lots of newsgroups to check, you won't get the added benefit of a cooperative response and you'll invoke the wrath of Kahn, er, regulars who hate multiposting. Crossposting (one message to multiple newsgroups) isn't really necessary, but since a reply to any message should show up in the other newsgroups, it doesn't cause that much trouble. (Yeah, I stay away from .charting, .links, .templates, .crashesgpfs unless I have to go there!) MBlake wrote: Hi, I am going to try and broaden my knowledge of Excel. At present I am reading the various Microsoft News Groups. I have also seen Mr Excel and Spreadsheet-1 forums. Is there a recommended forum that I should be reading or all they all much the same? Thanks, Mickey -- Dave Peterson |
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Thanks Dave, Earl, Chuck & Bob.
I'm going to concentrate on the msnews forums and maybe one day I can contribute as Chuck writes. Thanks again, Mickey |
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Don't forget Google's Excel Groups !!
Check out Ron de Bruin's Excel Add-In, which is a Google Search from within Excel -- I love it http://www.rondebruin.nl/Google.htm HTH and Good Luck "Bob Phillips" wrote in message ... This, and its relations .programming and .worksheetfunctions, are the original and the best ;-) -- HTH RP (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "MBlake" wrote in message ... Hi, I am going to try and broaden my knowledge of Excel. At present I am reading the various Microsoft News Groups. I have also seen Mr Excel and Spreadsheet-1 forums. Is there a recommended forum that I should be reading or all they all much the same? Thanks, Mickey |
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