How do I find 2004 forums

[irchamandy]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

I can't believe that the navigation on this site is soooo bad that I have to ask this but how do I get to the old office 2004 forums that I used to get to from the old mactopia?

Thank you

 

[William Smith]

I can't believe that the navigation on this site is soooo bad that I
have to ask this but how do I get to the old office 2004 forums that
I used to get to from the old mactopia?

The old Mactopia never hosted its own forums. Instead, it pointed folks
to Google Groups <http://groups.google.com>.

Incidentally, none of the Microsoft forums for Office Mac are specific
to a version. They are instead specific to the application. Therefore,
you're currently posting in the Office forum for Office related
questions for all versions of Office.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
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[Diane Ross]

The old Mactopia never hosted its own forums. Instead, it pointed folks
to Google Groups <http://groups.google.com>.

....and the google groups was just an interface to the newsgroups. You can
access all the Microsoft newsgroups via the Entourage newsreader.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/support_options/subnews.html>

 

[irchamandy]

I know that the forums weren't actually on Mactopia but it was really easy to get to them from there. I went to Google groups and did a search and couldn't find them.

I find the new MS forums really frustrating. Unlike the Google groups, there doesn't seem to be a way to just browse through ALL of the questions. You can only see the ones MS wants to show you (ie, top ten or ten most recent).

 

[Diane Ross]

I went to Google groups and did a search and couldn't find them.

The Google interface is still there.

<http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage/topics

I find the new MS forums really frustrating. Unlike the Google groups, there
doesn't seem to be a way to just browse through ALL of the questions. You can
only see the ones MS wants to show you (ie, top ten or ten most recent).

I do too. I never use them and when I do try to find something, I get so
frustrated I give up.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

I know that the forums weren't actually on Mactopia but it was really easy to get to them from there. I went to Google groups and did a search and couldn't find them.

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office/topics
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.word/topics
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.excel/topics
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage/topics
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.powerpoint/topics

By the way, they are still the same forums. Both Google and Mactopia
are portals to newsservers that are synced.

I find the new MS forums really frustrating. Unlike the Google groups, there doesn't seem to be a way to just browse through ALL of the questions. You can only see the ones MS wants to show you (ie, top ten or ten most recent).

Have you looked recently? They changed that, and you can now browse
Newest Questions in sets of ten, backward for quite a while.
http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/Office/

Search has also improved since it was launched in January.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

The Google interface is still there.

<http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage/topics

Sorry, Diane, I had missed that you already posted this when I reposted it.

 

[Diane Ross]

Sorry, Diane, I had missed that you already posted this when I reposted it.

No problem. Happens to me all the time. Cant hurt to give the same info
twice.

 

[irchamandy]

Here is the chilling thing at the end of the day for Microsoft: This is now a moot point for me because I have switched products. I no longer use Entourage or Powerpoint because MS always creates products and support in ways that work for it, not the customer. So I switched to companies that are dedicated to making great apps for their customers, as opposed to what they arrogantly think their customers should have. So if anyone wants a great collaborative calendar/mail/contacts (and more) application. Check out Google Enterprise. I switched my company over in one day and now we have one less Microsoft product and its related poor support program to aggravate us.

 

[John McGhie]

Byeeeee..... Don't let the door hit you in the "a" on the way out

Here is the chilling thing at the end of the day for Microsoft: This is now a
moot point for me because I have switched products. I no longer use Entourage
or Powerpoint because MS always creates products and support in ways that work
for it, not the customer. So I switched to companies that are dedicated to
making great apps for their customers, as opposed to what they arrogantly
think their customers should have. So if anyone wants a great collaborative
calendar/mail/contacts (and more) application. Check out Google Enterprise. I
switched my company over in one day and now we have one less Microsoft product
and its related poor support program to aggravate us.

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Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]