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Suggestion for Queries
A large number of queries start the subject line with: How, Is there, I
need, I want, In Word, Word, or Why. I would like to recommend that it would be much more productive to put a key word such as: Find and replace, Subscript, Line spacing, Graph, Recover files, etc. as the first word of the subject. That way, both the OP and those who reply would be more likely to see the main subject rather that try to parse subject lines for a clue about the query. Just a suggestion. Gordo |
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gordo wrote:
A large number of queries start the subject line with: How, Is there, I need, I want, In Word, Word, or Why. I would like to recommend that it would be much more productive to put a key word such as: Find and replace, Subscript, Line spacing, Graph, Recover files, etc. as the first word of the subject. That way, both the OP and those who reply would be more likely to see the main subject rather that try to parse subject lines for a clue about the query. Just a suggestion. Gordo Hi Gordo, While that's an excellent suggestion, I can tell you from years of experience that it falls on deaf ears -- mostly those of people who've never posted before and may never post again. We can't even get people to post their questions in appropriate newsgroups all the time, or to use the description area instead of posting the whole question in the Subject line. It's like getting kids to eat their veggies. :-) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Yes, I suppose that I just had to get it off my chest. It would certainly be
helpful if the first message each day was the newsgroup FAQ and included such suggestions. Gordo Hi Gordo, While that's an excellent suggestion, I can tell you from years of experience that it falls on deaf ears -- mostly those of people who've never posted before and may never post again. We can't even get people to post their questions in appropriate newsgroups all the time, or to use the description area instead of posting the whole question in the Subject line. It's like getting kids to eat their veggies. :-) -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Oh Please, Pleeeeeaaaase No!!! No offense Charles :-)
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I don't think it would help anyhow. The post a question window has
directions that many people don't read. On 5/23/05 7:48 AM, "Greg" wrote: Oh Please, Pleeeeeaaaase No!!! No offense Charles :-) It would certainly be helpful if the first message each day was the newsgroup FAQ and included such suggestions. |
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Actually, I think they do read some of them: somewhere in Word's Help, it is
recommended that you ask a question such as "How do I...?" If the user can't get the answer from Help, he's offered the opportunity to "Get help from other users," and that's how those questions get into the NGs. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message .. . I don't think it would help anyhow. The post a question window has directions that many people don't read. On 5/23/05 7:48 AM, "Greg" wrote: Oh Please, Pleeeeeaaaase No!!! No offense Charles :-) It would certainly be helpful if the first message each day was the newsgroup FAQ and included such suggestions. |
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