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  #1  
Old May 20th, 2010, 04:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
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Posts: 95
Default Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community


Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the latest
version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for you to get
and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from the office,
from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the Browser. You
can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM manufactures when you
purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft, faster than ever via a
new software delivery mechanism called Click-To-Run.

And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, when
you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included in our
Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our community
to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution are outlined
below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this as it aligns
with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the
NNTP Bridge he http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/


When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...ory/officeword

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to

  #2  
Old May 20th, 2010, 04:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Tom Willett[_2_]
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Posts: 877
Default Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

Turning it into a sales pitch.

wrote in message
...
:
: Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
: As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
latest
: version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for you to
get
: and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from the office,
: from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the Browser. You
: can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM manufactures when you
: purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft, faster than ever via a
: new software delivery mechanism called Click-To-Run.
:
: And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, when
: you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included in our
: Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our
community
: to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution are outlined
: below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this as it aligns
: with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms
:
: What is Happening?
: This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
: newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.
:
: Why?
: As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
: traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
: past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
: solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
: move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
: for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies
and
: make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
: improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
: management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging
a
: healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
: begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
: and discontinue support for newsgroups.
:
: In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
: users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
: newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
: which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
: forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
: functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
the
: NNTP Bridge he http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/
:
:
: When will this Happen?
: Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
:
: Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
: Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
: same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
: The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
: the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...ory/officeword
:
: Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
: http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx
:
: Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
: Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
:


  #3  
Old May 20th, 2010, 04:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Posts: 31,786
Default Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

But don't download the bridge yet unless there's assurance that this is the
one that will work with the Answers forums. The current bridge is going to
work only for MSDN, TechNet, and Expression forums. The Answers forums are
going to be moved to a different "platform infrastructure" and will require
a different bridge, which is supposed to become available tomorrow.

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

wrote in message
...

Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for
you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from
the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the
Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM
manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft,
faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called
Click-To-Run.

And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want, when
you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included in our
Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our
community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution
are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this
as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies
and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging
a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
the
NNTP Bridge he http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/


When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...ory/officeword

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to


  #4  
Old May 20th, 2010, 05:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
bj[_4_]
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Posts: 29
Default Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

They also mis-spoke.
They meant "use Office on *our* terms the way *we* think it should be done."

But they're right about the "vision" part & I'm sure they are excited
about it. People having "visions" usually are. :-(
bj

"Tom Willett" wrote in message
...
Turning it into a sales pitch.

wrote in message
...
: The details of this evolution are outlined
: below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about this as it
: aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms
:




  #5  
Old May 20th, 2010, 05:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
LVTravel
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Posts: 1,384
Default Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
But don't download the bridge yet unless there's assurance that this is
the
one that will work with the Answers forums. The current bridge is going to
work only for MSDN, TechNet, and Expression forums. The Answers forums are
going to be moved to a different "platform infrastructure" and will
require
a different bridge, which is supposed to become available tomorrow.

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

wrote in message
...

Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for
you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from
the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the
Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM
manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from Microsoft,
faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called
Click-To-Run.

And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want,
when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included
in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our
community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution
are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about
this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin
discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies
and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
the
NNTP Bridge he http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/


When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to
continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...ory/officeword

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to



I am currently using the bridge that is available and believe me, while it
is better than nothing it does not work well even on a fast machine. This
is really a slow system to pull the damn forums in and use them. At least
it does put all the "threads" in one location instead of the nasty web
forums where you can't see all the subjects easily along with responses.

  #6  
Old May 20th, 2010, 05:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 31,786
Default Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

I suspect that "better than nothing" is the best we're going to get, though
I'm hoping that the "new platform infrastructure" (.NET 4.0, I gather) will
perhaps improve response time. I can definitely tell a difference between
these NGs with native OE and the forums using the bridge; it's more
noticeable at night (when there seems to be more traffic) than early in the
morning.

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

"LVTravel" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
But don't download the bridge yet unless there's assurance that this is
the
one that will work with the Answers forums. The current bridge is going
to
work only for MSDN, TechNet, and Expression forums. The Answers forums
are
going to be moved to a different "platform infrastructure" and will
require
a different bridge, which is supposed to become available tomorrow.

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

wrote in message
...

Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for
you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from
the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the
Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM
manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from
Microsoft, faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called
Click-To-Run.

And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want,
when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included
in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our
community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution
are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about
this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin
discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however,
the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies
and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums
technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for
those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP
Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to
the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
the
NNTP Bridge he http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/


When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either
the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the
newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to
continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...ory/officeword

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to



I am currently using the bridge that is available and believe me, while it
is better than nothing it does not work well even on a fast machine. This
is really a slow system to pull the damn forums in and use them. At least
it does put all the "threads" in one location instead of the nasty web
forums where you can't see all the subjects easily along with responses.


  #7  
Old May 20th, 2010, 11:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 8,239
Default Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

I don't know what newsreader you are using the access the forums, but with
Windows Live Mail, if you set the synchronization mode that you want (New
messages only) for the forums that you want to access and then use Sync
everything, the performance as you move from post to post is, as far as I
can tell, identical to that when moving from post to post in the NNTP
newsgroups.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"LVTravel" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
But don't download the bridge yet unless there's assurance that this is
the
one that will work with the Answers forums. The current bridge is going
to
work only for MSDN, TechNet, and Expression forums. The Answers forums
are
going to be moved to a different "platform infrastructure" and will
require
a different bridge, which is supposed to become available tomorrow.

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

wrote in message
...

Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for
you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work from
the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and the
Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM
manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from
Microsoft, faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism called
Click-To-Run.

And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want,
when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support included
in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and improving our
community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of this evolution
are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really excited about
this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office on your terms

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin
discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however,
the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies
and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums
technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for
those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP
Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to
the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
the
NNTP Bridge he http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/


When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either
the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the
newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to
continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...ory/officeword

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to



I am currently using the bridge that is available and believe me, while it
is better than nothing it does not work well even on a fast machine. This
is really a slow system to pull the damn forums in and use them. At least
it does put all the "threads" in one location instead of the nasty web
forums where you can't see all the subjects easily along with responses.


  #8  
Old May 20th, 2010, 11:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Terry Farrell
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 3,004
Default Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

I concur with Doug. I'm using WLM as my client and the bridge cannot be
faulted for speed. First thing in the morning when they may be 80 or 100
overnight posts to sync, it takes barely two or three seconds to download
them all. Perhaps the bridge was 'tuned and tested' with WLM.

Terry Farrell

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I suspect that "better than nothing" is the best we're going to get,
though I'm hoping that the "new platform infrastructure" (.NET 4.0, I
gather) will perhaps improve response time. I can definitely tell a
difference between these NGs with native OE and the forums using the
bridge; it's more noticeable at night (when there seems to be more
traffic) than early in the morning.

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

"LVTravel" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
But don't download the bridge yet unless there's assurance that this is
the
one that will work with the Answers forums. The current bridge is going
to
work only for MSDN, TechNet, and Expression forums. The Answers forums
are
going to be moved to a different "platform infrastructure" and will
require
a different bridge, which is supposed to become available tomorrow.

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

wrote in message
...

Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for
you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work
from the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and
the Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM
manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from
Microsoft, faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism
called Click-To-Run.

And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want,
when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support
included in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and
improving our community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of
this evolution are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really
excited about this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office
on your terms

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin
discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however,
the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for
the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate
redundancies and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums
technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for
those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in
the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP
Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to
the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
the
NNTP Bridge he http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/


When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either
the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the
newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to
continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...ory/officeword

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to



I am currently using the bridge that is available and believe me, while
it is better than nothing it does not work well even on a fast machine.
This is really a slow system to pull the damn forums in and use them. At
least it does put all the "threads" in one location instead of the nasty
web forums where you can't see all the subjects easily along with
responses.


  #9  
Old May 21st, 2010, 01:36 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
LVTravel
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,384
Default Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community



"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
I don't know what newsreader you are using the access the forums, but with
Windows Live Mail, if you set the synchronization mode that you want (New
messages only) for the forums that you want to access and then use Sync
everything, the performance as you move from post to post is, as far as I
can tell, identical to that when moving from post to post in the NNTP
newsgroups.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"LVTravel" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
But don't download the bridge yet unless there's assurance that this is
the
one that will work with the Answers forums. The current bridge is going
to
work only for MSDN, TechNet, and Expression forums. The Answers forums
are
going to be moved to a different "platform infrastructure" and will
require
a different bridge, which is supposed to become available tomorrow.

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

wrote in message
...

Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy for
you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you work
from the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the Phone, and
the Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail, from our OEM
manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct from
Microsoft, faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism
called Click-To-Run.

And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want,
when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support
included in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and
improving our community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of
this evolution are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really
excited about this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office
on your terms

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin
discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however,
the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for
the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate
redundancies and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums
technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for
those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in
the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP
Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to
the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
the
NNTP Bridge he http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/


When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either
the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the
newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to
continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...ory/officeword

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to



I am currently using the bridge that is available and believe me, while
it is better than nothing it does not work well even on a fast machine.
This is really a slow system to pull the damn forums in and use them. At
least it does put all the "threads" in one location instead of the nasty
web forums where you can't see all the subjects easily along with
responses.



I am using WLM and have set the sync to new only. Been doing that on the
newsgroups as well as the bridge forums. The forums are extremely slow to
close one and open the next when clicking on them but the news.microsoft.com
and news.eternal-september.org newsgroup servers are almost instantaneous.
I always Sync everything prior to starting to read newsgroups. While the
syncing is almost as fast with forums and newsgoup servers it is closing one
forum and opening another that is extremely slow. I do have show as read
when exiting checked but that is for all three servers, newsgroup and
bridge. For instance, I just got back after a week on vacation. Nothing
was synced for the week. I did a sync all and once all was done I was able
to go through the 3 eternal-september newsgroups and the 22 microsoft
newsgroups with absolute no lag between groups. With only 38 or 42 new
responses on a few of the forums (granted some had much more) it would take
as long as 2 minutes to switch between the individual forums. This is a
consistent item on two different computers set with the bridge using two
version of WLM (one build 12.xxx on Vista Home Premium and the other on
Vista Ultimate with build 14.xxx and I hate build 14's interface.)

As for Suzanne's post, I have Answers.en-US.xxxxx in my bridge setup which I
downloaded about 2 weeks ago.

  #10  
Old May 21st, 2010, 02:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 8,239
Default Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

It is no more than a blink of the eyelid here to change from one forum to
another (even with between ones that have hundreds of unread posts).

Apparently, you will need a new bridge after to-morrow to be able to access
the Answers forums. Whether the new bridge can be used simultaneously with
the existing one (for access to the MSDN/Technet Forums) is not yet known.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"LVTravel" wrote in message
...


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message
...
I don't know what newsreader you are using the access the forums, but
with Windows Live Mail, if you set the synchronization mode that you want
(New messages only) for the forums that you want to access and then use
Sync everything, the performance as you move from post to post is, as far
as I can tell, identical to that when moving from post to post in the
NNTP newsgroups.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"LVTravel" wrote in message
...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
But don't download the bridge yet unless there's assurance that this is
the
one that will work with the Answers forums. The current bridge is going
to
work only for MSDN, TechNet, and Expression forums. The Answers forums
are
going to be moved to a different "platform infrastructure" and will
require
a different bridge, which is supposed to become available tomorrow.

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

wrote in message
...

Microsoft Office Evolves Community as Part of Office 2010 Launch:
As you know, this is a big year for Microsoft as we are launching the
latest version of Office. Office 2010 is all about making it easy
for you to get and use Office on your terms. Office 2010 lets you
work from the office, from home, or at school across the PC, the
Phone, and the Browser. You can purchase Office 2010 from retail,
from our OEM manufactures when you purchase a new PC, or get it direct
from Microsoft, faster than ever via a new software delivery mechanism
called Click-To-Run.

And, we're working hard to provide you the customer support you want,
when you want it. We are offering 1-year of technical support
included in our Office Professional 2010 SKU. We are expanding and
improving our community to provide free, 24/7 support. The details of
this evolution are outlined below, but suffice it to say, we're really
excited about this as it aligns with our Office 2010 vision of Office
on your terms

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin
discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however,
the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for
the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate
redundancies and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines
through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums
technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for
those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in
the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP
Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to
the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set
up the
NNTP Bridge he http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/


When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either
the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the
newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to
continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...ory/officeword

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to



I am currently using the bridge that is available and believe me, while
it is better than nothing it does not work well even on a fast machine.
This is really a slow system to pull the damn forums in and use them.
At least it does put all the "threads" in one location instead of the
nasty web forums where you can't see all the subjects easily along with
responses.



I am using WLM and have set the sync to new only. Been doing that on the
newsgroups as well as the bridge forums. The forums are extremely slow to
close one and open the next when clicking on them but the
news.microsoft.com and news.eternal-september.org newsgroup servers are
almost instantaneous. I always Sync everything prior to starting to read
newsgroups. While the syncing is almost as fast with forums and newsgoup
servers it is closing one forum and opening another that is extremely
slow. I do have show as read when exiting checked but that is for all
three servers, newsgroup and bridge. For instance, I just got back after
a week on vacation. Nothing was synced for the week. I did a sync all
and once all was done I was able to go through the 3 eternal-september
newsgroups and the 22 microsoft newsgroups with absolute no lag between
groups. With only 38 or 42 new responses on a few of the forums (granted
some had much more) it would take as long as 2 minutes to switch between
the individual forums. This is a consistent item on two different
computers set with the bridge using two version of WLM (one build 12.xxx
on Vista Home Premium and the other on Vista Ultimate with build 14.xxx
and I hate build 14's interface.)

As for Suzanne's post, I have Answers.en-US.xxxxx in my bridge setup which
I downloaded about 2 weeks ago.


 




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