[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Oh, you just had to go opening that can of worms again!

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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As you are now posting regularly to the forum, you may find it more
convenient to access the NNTP server directly. The following link explains
how to do that for Outlook Express - http://www.gmayor.com/MSNews.htm
Not only is it infinitely faster than the web portals but the posts and
your replies are stored locally. Give it a whirl and see what you think.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



grammatim wrote:
Contrariwise, I have to scroll to the top to read the new comments;
google groups takes one to the bottom of the message, and this is the
only one of the five newsgroups I read that uses top-posting.

On Feb 18, 9:13 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Because the issue of top vs. bottom posting can provoke heated
discussion, I started to post something yesterday and then thought
better of it. But I also prefer top-posting for the reasons Graham
mentioned. Yes, it is illogical and does make reading more difficult
for people who come to the thread late, but for those who are
following it actively, it is far more efficient.

Not only do I hate to scroll to the bottom of a long thread only to
read "Thanks!" but occasionally I scroll to the bottom and don't
seem to find any new content; this illusion is caused by the fact
that the poster added his message within the area of quoted material
(blank lines) set off by characters, making it appear to be part
of the previous message.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Paul" wrote in message

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I hate not being able to edit your posts..... I meant the reverse
of what I just posted. I can happily top-post if that's
acceptable...I just figured that bottom-posting was netiquette...ok
over and out.