Saving and retrieving Help postings from WinXP newsgroups.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Hi,

Have you heard about outlook express. it allows you to download the messages from the newsgroups and save it on ur hard disk. you can use the search feature to get the answers for what you like.

To learn more about Outlook express see this page.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] roups.mspx
read the link windows xp newsgroups set up instructions.

--
Regards
M. Rajesh
..Net and Windows Shell MVP
www.winxpsolution.com


"Cycle" wrote:

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> I like to save some of the answers and tips given in the WinXP newsgroups,
> so that if later I want to know how to do something, I can do a search on my
> computer for answers to the problem I have.
>
>
>
> Is the way I am doing this the best way? What I am doing is:-
>
>
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> Select the chosen text, copy it to the clipboard and paste it into a new
> Word document. Then save the Word document in My Documents, putting key
> words in the document title.
>
>
>
> To find a document later, I do the following. Start, My Computer, Search
> (from standard tool bar).
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> In "What do you want to search for", click on Documents.
>
>
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> Type in key word from document name. In "Advanced options", Look In, type My
> Documents. Click Search.
>
>
>
> Is the above routine all right, or could I do better in some way?
>
>
>
> I have only recently started this system, but I can see the need looming of
> having lots of sub-folders to keep some systematic order to what is saved,
> and I wondered if there was a more suitable way of achieving a "Save and
> Retrieve" system.
>
>
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

"Cycle" <notvalid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40f2deb7$0$6442$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
>
>
> I like to save some of the answers and tips given in the WinXP newsgroups,
> so that if later I want to know how to do something, I can do a search on
my
> computer for answers to the problem I have.
>
>
>
> Is the way I am doing this the best way? What I am doing is:-
>
>
>
> Select the chosen text, copy it to the clipboard and paste it into a new
> Word document. Then save the Word document in My Documents, putting key
> words in the document title.

Just highlight the post you want to save, go to File-Save As and you can
save it as a text file in a folder of your choice on your HDD.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Another thought. I have a shortcut to my "saved in" folder on the QL bar so
I can access it easily while going through the NG's.

JAX

"Cycle" <notvalid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40f2deb7$0$6442$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
>
>
> I like to save some of the answers and tips given in the WinXP newsgroups,
> so that if later I want to know how to do something, I can do a search on
my
> computer for answers to the problem I have.
>
>
>
> Is the way I am doing this the best way? What I am doing is:-
>
>
>
> Select the chosen text, copy it to the clipboard and paste it into a new
> Word document. Then save the Word document in My Documents, putting key
> words in the document title.
>
>
>
> To find a document later, I do the following. Start, My Computer, Search
> (from standard tool bar).
>
>
>
> In "What do you want to search for", click on Documents.
>
>
>
> Type in key word from document name. In "Advanced options", Look In, type
My
> Documents. Click Search.
>
>
>
> Is the above routine all right, or could I do better in some way?
>
>
>
> I have only recently started this system, but I can see the need looming
of
> having lots of sub-folders to keep some systematic order to what is saved,
> and I wondered if there was a more suitable way of achieving a "Save and
> Retrieve" system.
>
>
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Ain't no thang.

JAX

"Cycle" <notvalid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:40f30ade$0$6449$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
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> "Cycle" <notvalid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:40f2deb7$0$6442$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
> >
> >
> > I like to save some of the answers and tips given in the WinXP
newsgroups,
> > so that if later I want to know how to do something, I can do a search
on
> my
> > computer for answers to the problem I have.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is the way I am doing this the best way?
>
>
> Thank you all for the helpful comments. It is always instructive to know
> what methods other people use, and to get their help.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Cycle.
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>