Discussion Group Search DaveZ 2/23/2007 4:47:00 AM Is there a way to order the search result posts by date? In order to avoid asking ?'s that have already been answered, I usually run a search of the group. However, when I get 20 pages returned with stuff from 2004. etc. included, I usually wnd up just asking the question as opposed to doing an exhaustive search of the results. Also, is there a way to screen for posts that just deal with ON 2007? Thanks

Re: Discussion Group Search "Kathy Jacobs" <call_kathy[ at ]knot.cox.net> 2/23/2007 5:12:46 AM If you do the search on Google Groups, you can sort the results by date. To do this, check the right side of the search results. There is a link there to sort the results by date instead of relevance. The more recent the post, the more likely it is that it is a 2007 related answer. HTH -- Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com I believe life is meant to be lived. But: if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived "DaveZ" <DaveZ[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:89F5AA3B-18F4-42BC-868A-E2AE22151AD5[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Is there a way to order the search result posts by date? In order to > avoid > asking ?'s that have already been answered, I usually run a search of the > group. However, when I get 20 pages returned with stuff from 2004. etc. > included, I usually wnd up just asking the question as opposed to doing an > exhaustive search of the results. Also, is there a way to screen for > posts > that just deal with ON 2007? > Thanks

Re: Discussion Group Search "Rainald Taesler" <taesler[ at ]gmx.de> 10/10/2008 5:38:11 PM Pls excuse me for the late reply. I was away for 2 weeks and thereafter fell ill for 2 wore weeks. And a lot of work piled up in between ... oistrakhan wrote: [...] [Quoted Text] >> Even after having sorted the previous postings you carried on, I >> absolutely do not understand what you are after :-( >> >> I'm pretty sure that I previously told you to give up using these >> NewsGroups with the really dumb Web-Interface you are using at >> present. This Web-Interface has just been put *on*top* of the >> newsgroups which are based on the NTTP-technology. It's really >> primitive. >> >> Just get a proper *NewsReader* (there are quite some sophisticated >> ones <!>) or just use what's built-in your OS - "Outlook Express" >> (if running XP) or "Windows Mail" (if running Vista) - that's what >> I do. For me it would really be impossible to do real *work* in >> here with what the web-interface provides .... >> >> I simply can not understand how and why one wants to *work* in >> these NewsGroups with such a crippled instrument like the >> web-interface which MS does put on top for the real dummies who >> are unable to use the proper instruments. >> >> It's easy enough not only to *sort*, but also to *filter* the >> messages if one uses a proper instrument. > > Yes you did mention the other way of accessing these discussions - > but I thought you were suggesting it not telling me to do it!! I do not want to *tell* you anything but indeed it was my suggestion/recommendation to change the tool for working with newsgroups. > I took your suggestion seriously and went into Outlook Express > (for the first time ever!) to take a look. [I use Outlook 2007 as a mail > client]. No problem, OL and OE happily co-exist. > For the moment I have decided to remain as one of the > "dummies". I don't go into the groups often enough to make it > worth my while and I like the way I can quickly jump between ON, > Outlook, Word etc. discussion groups. It's just the same. Just subscribe to all the groups of your interest and then jump from one to the other. > I also just put my own > nickname into the search box to look quickly at threads I have > participated in. Easy enough to do that in OE too. And a lot more. F.e. marking threads for being watched. Or coloring threads. So each posting marked as to be watched is marked red. And each posting with my address as the sender is marked to be watched and it's colored green. So I can easily see all the postings important for me. It's just one click to use my "watchdog" filter which only shows marked posting and the stuff I have sent. > The me generation. Sorry, I don't get that :-( :-( > Anyway, thanks for your suggestion - might do it one day. De nada. All the best Rainald