I clicked on your examples, but when I go to my newsgroups, I do not
know how to move the description column over. I have tried to do something
of that sort for weeks now and I do not know the combination.
thanks Bruce, I have already learned more from you than anyone else about
this matter.
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/531ngn.gif

Just move the description column over and you will see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/11jcdo3.gif
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



----------------HTML Separator--------------------

"Whatfor" wrote in message
...
I've tried to find out myself in the past.
Usually you get answers from people that are in the newsgroups constantly
and have no patience for a newbe.
It is really difficult to know what the news groups are since they only
reveal one or two words followed by .... I've tried several different key
strokes to see if they would open up to readable text, to no avail. So,
I ended up subscribing to one, then delete, subscribe to another, delete.
Until I finally find something that I want.
Needless to say, there may be more that I would like to read, but I too
have run out of patience doing the subscribe, delete thing.
So, if you have patience someone with compassion will answer your very
legitimate question. Sure wish I could be more help to you..

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Send me $100 and I'll see what I can do for you.

trisha t wrote:
trying to subscribe to the msnews

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:09:30 +0100, Dori A Schmetterling wrote:

"N. Miller" wrote in message
...

[...]

I usually do one of two things, by way of a test post. Either use a test
newsgroup, or post a reply to an existing article which would be sensible
in the context of the thread, yet expendable, in case the post failed.

The OP's article was neither; and confusing, as well. As if the poster was
seeking assistance, rather than posting a test.

I suppose so. I sent messages headed "test" so it was obvious I was not
asking a question... but so many people are not 'IT aware'..

You, too, have been in the 'business' too long to remember how it is for
most people. (more violins somewhere)

??? I have never been in the IT 'business'. Closest I got was as a hardware
technician for Hewlett Packard. I did not even learn about TCP/IP until my
last couple of years.

I have been "lurking" long enough to have learned the rule, and avoided a
pitfall: "Lurk before you leap".

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Ok, I've got it.. Thanks Bruce
Sometimes this old brain is a little slow.
when I clicked on the "Word" description and held my left button on the
mouse and moved it to the right, I was able to see all the descriptions
open right up. So easy.
No wonder Pa bear is such a smart butt. He thinks we all should know that.
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/531ngn.gif

Just move the description column over and you will see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/11jcdo3.gif
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



----------------HTML Separator--------------------

"Whatfor" wrote in message
...
I've tried to find out myself in the past.
Usually you get answers from people that are in the newsgroups constantly
and have no patience for a newbe.
It is really difficult to know what the news groups are since they only
reveal one or two words followed by .... I've tried several different key
strokes to see if they would open up to readable text, to no avail. So,
I ended up subscribing to one, then delete, subscribe to another, delete.
Until I finally find something that I want.
Needless to say, there may be more that I would like to read, but I too
have run out of patience doing the subscribe, delete thing.
So, if you have patience someone with compassion will answer your very
legitimate question. Sure wish I could be more help to you..

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Send me $100 and I'll see what I can do for you.

trisha t wrote:
trying to subscribe to the msnews

HTML used for descriptive purposes only.

See the little faint line to the left of Description? Grab it with the cursor and move it. It's the same as adjusting the columns in the message header view, i.e. From | To | Subject | Sent, etc.

--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Whatfor" wrote in message ...
I clicked on your examples, but when I go to my newsgroups, I do not
know how to move the description column over. I have tried to do something
of that sort for weeks now and I do not know the combination.
thanks Bruce, I have already learned more from you than anyone else about
this matter.
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/531ngn.gif

Just move the description column over and you will see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/11jcdo3.gif
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



----------------HTML Separator--------------------

"Whatfor" wrote in message
...
I've tried to find out myself in the past.
Usually you get answers from people that are in the newsgroups constantly
and have no patience for a newbe.
It is really difficult to know what the news groups are since they only
reveal one or two words followed by .... I've tried several different key
strokes to see if they would open up to readable text, to no avail. So,
I ended up subscribing to one, then delete, subscribe to another, delete.
Until I finally find something that I want.
Needless to say, there may be more that I would like to read, but I too
have run out of patience doing the subscribe, delete thing.
So, if you have patience someone with compassion will answer your very
legitimate question. Sure wish I could be more help to you..

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Send me $100 and I'll see what I can do for you.

trisha t wrote:
trying to subscribe to the msnews

[Another county heard from...]
"Whatfor" wrote in message ...
I've tried to find out myself in the past.
Usually you get answers from people that are in the newsgroups constantly
and have no patience for a newbe.
It is really difficult to know what the news groups are since they only
reveal one or two words followed by .... I've tried several different key
strokes to see if they would open up to readable text, to no avail. So,
I ended up subscribing to one, then delete, subscribe to another, delete.
Until I finally find something that I want.
Needless to say, there may be more that I would like to read, but I too
have run out of patience doing the subscribe, delete thing.
So, if you have patience someone with compassion will answer your very
legitimate question. Sure wish I could be more help to you..

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ...
Send me $100 and I'll see what I can do for you.

trisha t wrote:
trying to subscribe to the msnews

What the heck is a test group?

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"VanguardLH" wrote in message
...
And you're guessing. So, by your own omission and assuming the OP did
the same, are you suggesting we lambaste the OP for puking a test post
in a non-test group?

Dori A Schmetterling wrote:

To put it in perspective, when I first found NGs and set up subscriptions
I
sent a test message or two to ensure I had completed the process
successfully.

You have been subscribing too long to remember.... (violins somewhere)...

Bruce Hagen wrote ...

How did you post this?

Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm

trisha t wrote ...

trying to subscribe to the msnews

What is, for example "modulesdaovba"?

I suppose if I have to ask I wouldn't want it...

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/531ngn.gif

Just move the description column over and you will see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/11jcdo3.gif
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



----------------HTML Separator--------------------

"Whatfor" wrote in message
...
I've tried to find out myself in the past.
Usually you get answers from people that are in the newsgroups constantly
and have no patience for a newbe.
It is really difficult to know what the news groups are since they only
reveal one or two words followed by .... I've tried several different key
strokes to see if they would open up to readable text, to no avail. So,
I ended up subscribing to one, then delete, subscribe to another, delete.
Until I finally find something that I want.
Needless to say, there may be more that I would like to read, but I too
have run out of patience doing the subscribe, delete thing.
So, if you have patience someone with compassion will answer your very
legitimate question. Sure wish I could be more help to you..

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Send me $100 and I'll see what I can do for you.

trisha t wrote:
trying to subscribe to the msnews

Well, we should (all know that), since this technique is used in all manner
of applications... :-)

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"Whatfor" wrote in message
...
Ok, I've got it.. Thanks Bruce
Sometimes this old brain is a little slow.
when I clicked on the "Word" description and held my left button on the
mouse and moved it to the right, I was able to see all the descriptions
open right up. So easy.
No wonder Pa bear is such a smart butt. He thinks we all should know
that.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/531ngn.gif

Just move the description column over and you will see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/11jcdo3.gif
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



----------------HTML Separator--------------------

"Whatfor" wrote in message
...
I've tried to find out myself in the past.
Usually you get answers from people that are in the newsgroups constantly
and have no patience for a newbe.
It is really difficult to know what the news groups are since they only
reveal one or two words followed by .... I've tried several different key
strokes to see if they would open up to readable text, to no avail. So,
I ended up subscribing to one, then delete, subscribe to another, delete.
Until I finally find something that I want.
Needless to say, there may be more that I would like to read, but I too
have run out of patience doing the subscribe, delete thing.
So, if you have patience someone with compassion will answer your very
legitimate question. Sure wish I could be more help to you..

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Send me $100 and I'll see what I can do for you.

trisha t wrote:
trying to subscribe to the msnews

"Whatfor" wrote in message ...
I clicked on your examples, but when I go to my newsgroups, I do not
know how to move the description column over. I have tried to do something
of that sort for weeks now and I do not know the combination.


Alternatively, to set each column to allow the largest value to be
fully readable, just press Ctrl-+ (where the + is on the Numeric keypad
with NumLock on.) If you don't have a physical numeric keypad you could
probably use the on-screen keyboard instead. I haven't actually tried doing
that though. Press Win-F1 and search for onscreen keyboard for details
and a link which launches that utility.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
---


thanks Bruce, I have already learned more from you than anyone else about
this matter.
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ...
If you see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/531ngn.gif

Just move the description column over and you will see this:
http://i35.tinypic.com/11jcdo3.gif
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA



----------------HTML Separator--------------------

"Whatfor" wrote in message
...
I've tried to find out myself in the past.
Usually you get answers from people that are in the newsgroups constantly
and have no patience for a newbe.
It is really difficult to know what the news groups are since they only
reveal one or two words followed by .... I've tried several different key
strokes to see if they would open up to readable text, to no avail. So,
I ended up subscribing to one, then delete, subscribe to another, delete.
Until I finally find something that I want.
Needless to say, there may be more that I would like to read, but I too
have run out of patience doing the subscribe, delete thing.
So, if you have patience someone with compassion will answer your very
legitimate question. Sure wish I could be more help to you..

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Send me $100 and I'll see what I can do for you.

trisha t wrote:
trying to subscribe to the msnews

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:43:25 +0100, Dori A Schmetterling wrote:

"VanguardLH" wrote in message
...

Dori A Schmetterling wrote:

Bruce Hagen wrote ...

trisha t wrote ...

trying to subscribe to the msnews

How did you post this?

Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm

To put it in perspective, when I first found NGs and set up subscriptions
I sent a test message or two to ensure I had completed the process
successfully.

You have been subscribing too long to remember.... (violins somewhere)...

And you're guessing. So, by your own omission and assuming the OP did
the same, are you suggesting we lambaste the OP for puking a test post
in a non-test group?

What the heck is a test group?

E.g.:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.test.here

There are dozens all over the Usenet.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum