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Old April 30th, 2005, 09:11 PM
Fred Boer
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Hi!



Whoops! I was being a little OE-centric here, and forgot that many people
use web based newsgroup readers. How to set up OE as a newsreader is off
topic here, but I'll outline the basics. If you have problems, just email me
privately, and I'll walk you through it.



To use OE to access newsgroups:



1. Go to ToolsAccounts. Click on "AddNews".

2. Enter a display name.

3. Enter an email address: NOTE! Do not enter your real email address, since
these addresses might be harvested for spam. You should "munge" your email
address, i.e. put spurious words in that your address to foil spammers.
Mine, for example, is ; see how that works? Easy to
determine the real address, but machines might be foiled.

4. In the "News (NNTP) Server" box, enter" news.microsoft.com

5. Leave the "Server requires me to login" checkbox empty

6. Click "Finish"

7. When it asks if you want to download newsgroups, click "yes"

8. Scroll through the list of newsgroups and "Subscribe" to those you wish
to use, for example, this newsgroup is microsoft.
public.access.gettingstarted

9 The click on "Go To"

10. Voila: You are using OE to read the newsgroup..



Note: This will set up OE to use Microsoft's newsgroup servers, which houses
only Microsoft newsgroups. To use all the newsgroups on the Internet, you
need to contact your Internet Service Provider and obtain the name of their
newsgroup server..



Newsgroups and chat rooms are different things. Chat groups provide for
real-time messenging. Newsgroups allow you to post and read messages when
you wish. In public newsgroups, by the way, the messages are available to
everyone, and, since most newsgroups are archived, messages will be easily
searchable and readable by anyone. So you might want to be careful about
what you post: remember, what you say in a newsgroup will be available to
anyone on the Internet for all time! (or until the collapse of our
civilization! .





HTH

Fred Boer

"write on" wrote in message
...
Fred,

The Access shortcuts should work, try them when you get to that point...


I did start using the shortcuts, like typing in a box the first letter or
two and letting it fill in. Neat.

Well, I don't know if I have to "teach you to use a newsgroup"! That is
exactly what you are doing now... This is a newsgroup, and you and I are
posting messages in the newsgroup. So... you already know how to use a
newsgroup.. you just didn't know that you did!


Fascinating. But how do I set this up to use it in Outlook Express or
Outlook, especially with that
dreadful-NET.Passport-sign-in-business-which-I-hate-so-passionately
(Microsoft, are you listening???)? And is there a difference between a
newsgroup and a chatroom?

I see Jeff has found a suitable newsgroup for Zoomtext issues. Certainly

if
you have Access related questions, you can post here. I expect you will

have
better luck in, perhaps, comp.speech.users for adaptive technology
questions. Even better, perhaps would be AiSquared's own forums which

you
can get to via the following link:


I will check out both your and Jeff's ZoomText newsgroup suggestions. They
look interesting.

"Fred Boer" wrote:

The Access shortcuts should work, try them when you get to that point...

Well, I don't know if I have to "teach you to use a newsgroup"! That is
exactly what you are doing now... This is a newsgroup, and you and I are
posting messages in the newsgroup. So... you already know how to use a
newsgroup.. you just didn't know that you did!

I see Jeff has found a suitable newsgroup for Zoomtext issues. Certainly

if
you have Access related questions, you can post here. I expect you will

have
better luck in, perhaps, comp.speech.users for adaptive technology
questions. Even better, perhaps would be AiSquared's own forums which

you
can get to via the following link:

http://www.aisquared.com/forums/index.php

Good Luck!
Fred

"write on" wrote in message
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Dear Fred,

I don't even know what else I was going to say when my post went POOF,
except that one time I tried to close a design window with shortcuts,

and
ended up somehow closing the whole Access program-along with a whole

bunch
of
object windows I had open.

Your Access keyboard shortcuts sound workable. It may be a while

before I
mess much with that, but your help will give me a good head start, and
more
courage to try. Thanks.

A ZoomText newgroup would be nice, except that you'll then have to

teach
me
how to use a newsgroup! I'm clueless. I know they exist, and that I

can
theoretically use them in Outlook Express (which I currently use for
email)
or in Outlook (which is where I plan to shift my email soon), but

that's
all
I know.

Thanks,

write on






 




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