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Part VII<br />

Appendixes<br />

Table C.1 lists the most popular English-language Excel newsgroups found on <strong>Microsoft</strong>’s news server (and<br />

also available at Google Groups).<br />

TABLE C.1<br />

Newsgroup<br />

The <strong>Microsoft</strong>.com Excel-Related Newsgroups<br />

Topic<br />

microsoft.public.excel<br />

microsoft.public.excel.charting<br />

microsoft.public.excel.interopoledde<br />

microsoft.public.excel.macintosh<br />

microsoft.public.excel.misc<br />

microsoft.public.excel.newusers<br />

microsoft.public.excel.printing<br />

microsoft.public.excel.programming<br />

microsoft.public.excel.templates<br />

microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions<br />

General Excel topics<br />

Building charts with Excel<br />

OLE, DDE, and other cross-application issues<br />

Excel issues on the Macintosh operating system<br />

General topics that don’t fit one of the other categories<br />

Help for newcomers to Excel<br />

Printing with Excel<br />

Programming Excel with VBA macros<br />

Spreadsheet Solutions templates and other XLT files<br />

Worksheet functions<br />

Searching newsgroups<br />

The fastest way to find a quick answer to a question is to search the past newsgroup postings. Often, searching<br />

past newsgroup postings is an excellent alternative to posting a question to the newsgroup because you<br />

can get the answer immediately. Unless your question is very obscure, there’s an excellent chance that your<br />

question has already been asked and answered. The best source for searching newsgroup postings is Google<br />

Groups, at the following Web address:<br />

http://groups.google.com<br />

How does searching work? Suppose that you have a problem identifying unique values in a range of cells.<br />

You can perform a search using the following keywords: Excel, Range, and Unique. The Google search<br />

engine probably will find dozens of newsgroup postings that deal with these topics.<br />

If the number of results is too large, refine your search by adding search terms. Sifting through the messages<br />

may take a while, but you have an excellent chance of finding an answer to your question. In fact, I estimate<br />

that at least 90 percent of the questions posted in the Excel newsgroups can be answered by searching<br />

Google.<br />

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