[mso] Re: Smartgroups is going down
- From: "GLENDA WELLS" <gwells58@xxxxxxx>
- To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 08:21:04 -0500
Thanksk Linda. I do hope you can find an alternative for sharing. Also
that we can keep our archives. I pop in from time to time to look something
up. We have good stuff there. I wish I knew enough to help you. /glenda
>From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [mso] Smartgroups is going down
>Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 13:50:02 -0500
>
>Below are the group rules. Please read them. Note that I have made a
>change
>because we will no longer be able to use Smartgroups for sharing files,
>since they will cease to exist in about two weeks. Until I have the time
>to
>investigate an alternative way to share files, you will have to do this
>offlist, if you need to do so. I may just move the files back to our old
>Yahoo group, which is still in existence, believe it or not. We shall see.
>
>Hope you all are well.
>Linda
>
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>
>
>From Linda, the List Owner:
>
>This is mailed out once a month, automatically. Please read this
>information carefully as it answers most questions group members have and
>will help you understand how to be a productive part of this group.
>
>1. The group is friendly and no steps will be taken to avoid fun,
>supportive posts. This is good for all, and I, personally, prefer chatty,
>friendly groups over cold, strictly-business groups.
>
>2. However, this group is about MICROSOFT OFFICE so I will take steps to
>keep this group on track in that way. The reason for this is I know many
>in
>this group also belong to many other groups and their mail volume is high.
>They do not come to this group to read about Windows problems, or hardware
>problems, or Adobe PhotoShop plugins. Believe me, we all love to read
>about
>this stuff, but we don't want to read it here. Also, the advice you get
>from other groups geared towards these questions will probably be better
>and
>more complete, so take these questions elsewhere, PLEASE.
>
>At this time, the programs included in the Office "family" are: Access,
>Excel, FrontPage (as well as Expression Designer and SharePoint Designer),
>OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word, Visio, Project, and
>InfoPath.
>
>I know sometimes it's hard to determine if your question or problem is
>Office related, Windows related, or Hardware related, so I will give you
>some general pointers:
>
> a. If your question is about Outlook Express, this is NOT Office
>related. Outlook Express is part of Windows/Internet Explorer. Outlook is
>the email program that is part of Office. Outlook and Outlook Express are
>two very different programs. Same goes for FrontPage Express....this is
>very different from FrontPage. FrontPage questions are welcome here.
>FrontPage Express questions may not get addressed.
>
> b. Microsoft Works is NOT the same as Microsoft Office. Yes, I know
>Works includes Word, but it is slightly different. If you are having a
>problem with the version of Word that is part of Works, you MUST specify
>that this is the version you have or our instructions to you will not make
>any sense in some instances.
>
> c. If the problem you are having is only happening in one or more of
>your Office programs and not happening anywhere else, then there is a good
>chance that it is an Office related problem and should be addressed here.
>The first thing you should do, before posting your problem to this group,
>is
>see if the problem also occurs in another program that is not part of
>Office. If this is the case, then your problem is probably more hardware
>or
>operating system related and not an Office problem at all. For example:
>"My printer is giving me errors when I try to print from Excel and Adobe
>PhotoShop" is probably not a problem to be brought to this group. However,
>"My printer prints fine from all programs except Excel" is definitely
>something that should be shared here.
>
> d. If you are still not sure if it's an Office question or not,
>write
>to me at mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and ask me. I will let you know and,
>if I feel it is not appropriate for the group, in most cases I will give
>you
>suggestions of groups that might be more appropriate. The group I
>recommend
>you join for your Windows questions is WinTips and Tricks which you can
>subscribe to by sending a blank email to
>WinTips-Tricks-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or by visiting this group's Yahoo
>page at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WinTips-Tricks
>
> e. Though we all recognize the importance of keeping uptodate on the
>latest viruses, this is also OT (off-topic) in this group. Unless you are
>referring to a specific problem caused to one of your Office programs by a
>virus, please take your virus alerts and virus questions to another group.
>A good group to join for virus information is hackfix:
>http://www.hackfix.org/list_virushelp.html
>
>3. SPAM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN THIS GROUP. If you send unsolicited
>advertisements to this group, you will be put on moderated status the first
>time. The second time you will be banned. Period.
>
>4. However, if someone posts a question and you feel your website or even
>your paid service would help this person, it IS acceptable to post this.
>If
>you are not sure if it is appropriate, write to me at
>mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and I will give you my decision as quickly as
>possible.
>
>5. WAREZ AND PIRATED SOFTWARE WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED IN THIS GROUP. Again,
>if you send intentional posts for any illegal copies of software to this
>group, you will be warned and put on moderated status the first time. The
>second time you will be banned.
>
>6. THIS IS NOT A MICROSOFT-BASHING GROUP. I know we all have problems with
>some of the MS products and I understand the need to vent occasionally, but
>this group is here for people who want to learn how to better use and
>understand these programs and plain ol' bashing just isn't productive.
>Let's try to maintain a positive, helpful atmosphere in here. (If you want
>to bash something, go to another group and bash AOL.....only teasin', my
>AOL
>friends *wink*).
>
>7. When you post to the group, please make your subject line clear and
>informative. Subject lines that are empty or just say "HELP!!!" very often
>get ignored or deleted by members who are busy and only scan the mails for
>topics they might be able to contribute to. A subject line that says
>"Unable to save my Word 2000 documents" would get more attention. Remember
>that a lot of members do not read all of the mail, but just scan the
>subject
>lines for posts that interest them, so including the program name in the
>subject might get you more responses.
>
>8. Be sure to include lots of details when you explain your problem and
>let
>us know what version of the program you are using. Though "I can't print
>from Excel" is a good subject line, it is totally inadequate as the body of
>the message. Be sure to include the version of your software, hardware and
>operating system specs, complete error messages, and details, details,
>details!
>
>9. Feel free to lurk. Never feel like you are forced to participate.
>But,
>if you do have a question, never feel like it is stupid. All questions are
>considered equal in this group.
>
>10. If you go on vacation, go to the homepage for this group and change
>your
>mail status to "Vacation". This will stop the mail from coming to your
>inbox while you are away and you can switch it back when you get back.
>
>//www.freelists.org/webpage/mso
>
>11. Also, at the home page you will see instructions for changing your
>group settings (to Hidden, Digest, Vacation [which is freelists' version of
>No Mail], etc.). Please take time to familiarize yourself with them.
>
>12. To prevent viruses, etc. from being passed around this list, I have
>disallowed attachments. If you want to share a file with the group, you
>will have to do that offlist, but PLEASE never send files to group members
>unless they specifically invite you to.
>
>13. When you post tips or advice from a website or online newsletter,
>PLEASE credit your source, by giving the full URL (link) to the site where
>you got the information.
>
>___________________________________
>
>DO NOT INCLUDE THIS GROUP IN YOUR "OUT OF OFFICE" AUTORESPONDER. If you do
>this, I will change your status to "Vacation" and you will have to switch
>it
>back when you return. I will also put you on moderated status and all
>future posts from you will be moderated by me, before they are sent on to
>the group.Please make this easier on me and do this yourself before you
>leave or simply omit this group from your autoresponder. The members of
>the
>group do not need to receive this autoresponse from you over and over and
>over....
>___________________________________
>
>PROPER FORMAT FOR REPLYING TO GROUP POSTS:
>When replying to a post, leave enough of the original question/problem so
>that people know what you are replying to. However do not leave the entire
>email intact so it includes a trail of 15 messages. This makes reading
>very
>difficult for digest members. On the other hand, leaving NONE of the
>original post also causes confusion for those (like me) who are very busy
>and do not have the time to look back through all the previous posts to
>remember what you are replying to:
>
>EXAMPLE OF INCORRECT REPLY FORMATS:
>Sending a one-line reply like "I don't understand what you are saying" or
>"That didn't work" without including any of the previous post. This makes
>NO sense.
>
>Sending a reply which includes a trail of posts that is very long. This is
>confusing for digest users, since this trail is repeated over and over in
>their digest mail and it is hard for them to find your comments amongst the
>confusion.
>
>EXAMPLE OF WHAT I SEE AS THE BEST FORMAT:
>Here's what I try to remember to do when I reply:
>
>I hit the reply button. Then I scroll down and copy one sentence that
>shows
>what I am replying to and I paste that at the top of my message (and
>usually
>put it between brackets or something, like <<How do I do that?>> so it is
>not confused with my reply). Then I reply to that and scroll down and
>leave
>the one message I am replying to intact, then highlight the rest of what
>follows and delete it.
>
>This is not the only format that works and others may prefer a different
>way, but just use common sense and consider our digest members and please
>try to remember to be courteous.
>
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>
>If you post to this group using Outlook 2002, you may see lots of equal
>signs or other garbage (=30, 20%, etc.) in your post after freelists gets
>done playing around with it. For an explanation of why this happens and how
>to fix it, read this article, written for us by member, Greg Chapman:
>http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm
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>
>If you are subscribed to mso under some address other than your default
>address, when you hit reply and don't choose the correct address, your mail
>is sent from the default and you (and me too!) soon receive an email from
>freelists telling you that your post was rejected becuz you sent it from an
>address that is not subscribed
>
>Here's the easiest way to fix it....go to this page and subscribe again,
>using your default email address: //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso
>
>Just enter your default email address and hit the Go button
>
>Within a few minutes, you will receive an email from freelists telling you
>that address has been subscribed....immediately go back to the url above
>and
>enter that address again, but in the dropdown, where it says "Subscribe",
>choose "Turn vacation mode on" and hit Go again.
>
>Now your default address is also subscribed but it's on "vacation" so you
>will not receive mail at that address....HOWEVER, when an address is on
>vacation, you can still SEND mail from that address...so, this way you will
>only receive the group's mail under the address where you want to receive
>it, BUT you can send mail from both that address and your default address.
>You can do this with as many addresses as you want. Currently, I'm
>subscribed to this group under three different addresses, but I only
>receive
>my mail under one of them cuz the other two are on vacation...however, I
>can
>reply to posts and send new posts from any of them.
>_________________________
>
>Well, that's about all I have the energy to write right now. Please read
>this every month when it is sent so you can see if I added anything new.
>
>Glad to have you all among us. Let me know if you think of anything I can
>do to make this group more helpful for you.
>
>Linda
>List owner
>http://personal-computer-tutor.com
>
>Linda F. Johnson
>Linda's Computer Stop
>Author, MOS: Excel 2003 Study Guide, published by John Wiley and Sons
>http://personal-computer-tutor.com
>
>
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