>>> May sound crazy, but they all tend to be MVPs answering the questions.
If you go to the MS Community Forums for MS Word or MS Access areas, you may occasionally see ME there (or just look up "alborg" -> http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?query=alborg&cboDiscussionGroup=en-us-office-word%3A%3Aen%3AUS%3A617c4d62-4061-4107-8d46-2a22fc6fa202%3A%3A%3A&=Go&dg=&cat=en-us-office-word&lang=en&cr=US&pt=617c4d62-4061-4107-8d46-2a22fc6fa202&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us) and http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?query=alborg&cboDiscussionGroup=en-us-office-access%3A%3Aen%3AUS%3A327f343d-f0d6-4e07-aa53-9656edb98ada%3A%3A%3A&=Go&dg=&cat=en-us-office-access&lang=en&cr=US&pt=327f343d-f0d6-4e07-aa53-9656edb98ada&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us!!! (Teaching the MVPs how to do things... ) I used to average about 1-2 responses per day before 2006, but I just don't have the time to do that anymore at that rate.
I was nominated by Chris Wilkerson (chiro who is a MS MVP who posts on emrupdate) in 2006 to be a MS Word MVP, but unfortunately:
1) I spent too much time in the EMR websites and blogs, particularly emrupdate, and not enough in the MS community forums. In fact, my activity in the MS Community Forums skyrocketed when I got banned from emrupdate during January! My new home during my wandering period was here and in the MS Community Forum areas.
2) I didn't have a neat, organized website yet. I'm working on it, though. I just signed up with 1&1 website company... I wrote a 200+ page book back in 2006 (in my spare time of course) on writing an EMR focusing on MS Word and MS Access that I may use as the magnet to get folks to visit the site. For the TOC see:
http://www.box.net/shared/static/px1v58iok4.doc.3) I don't always use the most up-to-date MS Office 2007 products, preferring to work with MS Office 2000/2003. When MS comes out with MS Office 2009, I may get that, though. I like to purchase every-other-generation of MS Office software.
BTW, one of the things that I do when I get really stuck is to Google my questions. I do this all the time. You can't imagine the hundreds of responses to similar questions that you'll see out there. Many of the MS MVPs have their own websites that probably have covered the area of interest that is asked by your questions. You just have to choose your keywords right. Gosh, I just have a certain bias to things that are FREE. When it comes to MS Office, there is just so much free stuff out there to read already!!!
Cheers,
Al
