Hi Friends,
We have just finished writing another tutorial that guides you through the process of exporting characters using a plugin for 3ds Max called "Easy Ogre Exporter"
Here is the document link:
http://www.chi-ad.com/DokuWiki/doku.php/english_manual:exporters_3dsmax_exporting_characters_using_easyogreexporter
Here is the plugin link:
http://www.ogre3d.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Easy+Ogre+Exporter
Hope it helps