Surf3D AGENT: MotleyFoolBoardsAgent_1.xo WHAT IT DOES: Gathers news extracts from articles from http://www.motleyfool.com/ Message Boards WHAT ITS GOOD FOR: Keeping track of particular types of articles and Board message pages at the Fools site Getting relevant page summaries Getting extracts and keyword counts from Messages containing chosen word terms HOW IT WORKS: Drills down into each Fool's message in your topic selection results Collects a paragraph from the message Counts you preferred word terms in different channels and lets you sort messages using them HOW TO SET IT UP: Save-As the provided Surf3D Agent: MotleyFoolBoardsAgent_1.xo to a new name, such as MyMotleyFoolBoardsAgent_1.xo Type preferred text extract keywords into the Metric channel lines A and B and C HOW TO USE IT: Go to the Oracle web site http://www.motleyfool.com Go to their Boards window, and select a topic areas to drill Open the agent, click GET URL (the G icon) The URL is gathered and the agent auto-starts After it collects page extracts, open the Report by clicking on the Page Icon VARIATIONS TO TRY: Turn on the display Caption using the pull down Menu selection Browse the different view buttons #1 through #8 Point and click on any bar or node and press the space bar to open the corresponding web page Message on the Fool site Try different searches with different keywords for text extraction using &TEXT in any Metric channel Make agents for different news topics by changing keywords NOTE: After February 14, 2002 access to the Fool Community's discussion boards will cost $4.95 per month, or $29.95 per year. They'll offering a free, read-only, 30-day trial membership to anyone who wants to take a test drive. Sign up for the test drive and use Surf3D to drill down into the Fool's Boards.