[mso] Re: Excel Open

Hi Bill
My point of issue was not so much with Dave as with those of us who post
without identifying which system they are using.  Too often (IMHO) questions
are posted which waste a lot of everybody's time because they don't contain
enough info for anybody to be able to help at all in the first instance
without asking for more info.  So depending on whether we have the time or
inclination we may spend time exploring a bit to find out whether or not
this might apply to us.

The original question Herbert posted was one which seemed genuinely
interesting.  However is it NOT safe to assume that everybody on here has
upgraded to 2007 (as it's easy to assume), indeed some people are still
working on 2000 as we regularly see.

All I was asking was that we are all a bit more expansive in the first
instance in saying what problems we are having, when we post either a
question or a response, so that the rest of us know whether it might be
relevant to our circumstances.  I don't think that's a lot to ask, indeed
there have been plenty of reminders to that effect on the list going back a
long time.

This list contains a wide range of skills from super-expert to raw beginners
and I think we can at times forget this.

Regards

Anne

2009/3/22 Bill Hunt <billhunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Ann, with equally due respect, I think it would be impractical for each
> response to go into absolute beginner detail whenever a solution is
> suggested to member's issue or problem.  Personally, if I have a similar
> issue, I adapt the solution if I understand it and can implement it.  If I
> can't, I look in the archives/web site/other resources (more than 10
> minutes
> is OK!) to learn more about what I do knot know/understand, and failing
> that, would simply ask a question via the list, e.g. in this case, "Dave's
> solution to Herbert's problem looks like a technique I'd like to use, can
> anyone enlighten me as to what a module is and how I insert the code Dave
> suggests?"
> Please, I am not being facetious.  I really do respect the problem you
> have.
> I have similar ones but realise that we are all at different levels of
> expertise.  I hope you understand.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill.
>
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>
>
> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:51:11 +0000
>
> Subject: [mso] Re: Excel Open File
>
> From: Anne Robson <anne.robson@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> With all due respect Dave I have no idea what a module is, I don't use VBA
> so what you suggested seemed complete fog to me. It took me a good 10
> minutes to search Excel help and try and locate exactly what it was you
> were
> talking about.
>
> I appreciate that there are times when solutions seem obvious to those of
> us
> who offer suggestions to those of us who ask for help, but equally there
> are
> times when some of us need a bit more info please!
>
>
>
> Hope you understand.
>
>
>
>
>
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