Microsoft Office

Additional Excel Resources
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Microsoft Excel Home Page
The official home page of Excel is at
http://www.microsoft.com/office/excel
This site contains a variety of material, such as tips, templates, answers to questions, training materials, and
links to companion products.
Microsoft Office Home Page
For information about Office 2007 (including Excel), try this site:
http://office.microsoft.com
You’ll find product updates, add-ins, examples, and lots of other useful information.
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As you know, the Internet is a dynamic entity that changes rapidly. Web sites are often reorganized,
so a particular URL listed in this appendix may not be available when you try to
Internet Newsgroups
Usenet is an Internet service that provides access to several thousand special interest groups that enable you
to communicate with people who share common interests. A newsgroup works like a public bulletin board.
You can post a message or questions, and (usually) others reply to your message.
Thousands of newsgroups cover virtually every topic you can think of (and many that you haven’t thought
of). Typically, questions posed on a newsgroup are answered within 24 hours — assuming, of course, that
you ask the questions in a manner that makes others want to reply.
Accessing newsgroups by using a newsreader
You can use newsreader software to access the Usenet newsgroups. Many such programs are available, but you
probably already have one installed: Microsoft Outlook Express, which is installed with Internet Explorer.
Microsoft maintains an extensive list of newsgroups, including quite a few devoted to Excel. If your Internet
Service Provider doesn’t carry the Microsoft newsgroups, you can access them directly from Microsoft’s news
server. (In fact, that’s the preferred method.) You need to configure your newsreader software (not your Web
browser) to access Microsoft’s news server at this address:
msnews.microsoft.com
Accessing newsgroups by using a Web browser
As an alternative to using newsreader software, you can read and post to the Microsoft newsgroups directly
from your Web browser. This option is often significantly slower than using standard newsgroup software
and is best suited for situations in which newsgroup access is prohibited by network policies.
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Access thousands of newsgroups at Google Groups. The URL is
http://groups.google.com
Access the Microsoft newsgroups (including Excel newsgroups) from this URL:
www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
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