Thank you David Peterson, this is what I was looking for.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

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If you have Outlook Express installed, try clicking on these links (or copy and
paste into MSIE).

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.excel.setup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.excel.misc
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...heet.functions
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...excel.newusers
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...el.programming

(and a few more for MSWord)
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....docmanagement
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...word.word97vba
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....word.newusers
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ord.pagelayout
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ord.vba.addins
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vba.beginners
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....customization
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rd.vba.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....vba.userforms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....word6-7macros

(You can always connect to more later)

Here are some links that explain it better:

Chip Pearson has some notes written by Leonard Meads at:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DirectConnect.htm

David McRitchie's notes at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xlnews.htm
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/oe6.htm
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/oe6nws01.htm

Tushar Mehta's notes at:
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/misc_tut...e_ng/index.htm

And if you're looking for old posts:

Or you can use google (maybe a few hours behind) to search for stuff you've
posted (and find the replies, too)

http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
http://groups.google.com/advanced_gr...Excel*&num=100

Ron de Bruin has an excel addin that you may like:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/Google.htm

Kenny Dee wrote:

How do I add this newsgroup to Outlook Express. I find it hard to work in
frame websites.

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Dave Peterson