"Ray C" wrote

I don't know what we are going to do now
that Microsoft look as though they
are closing this forum.

Actually, Microsoft has officially announced that this newsgroup will close
as of 6/1/2010, so it's more than "look as though". If you have a news
server, or are willing to sign up for one (there are many, both fee and
free), the USENET newsgroup comp.databases.ms-access still exists and many
MVPs and others who provide excellent answers have indicated they will be
returning there.

Microsoft is providing some online forums that include some "answerers" who
are paid and also accept answers from others (including MVPs). So far, there
has been no groundswell of acceptance for those, though some find them
usable. Access is lumped in with some other software in one of the sections
of social.answers.microsoft.com -- nothing like the number of newsgroups has
been discussed, AFAIK.

--
Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP
Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley
Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET
comp.databases.ms-access