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1. The Office
Assistant
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Searching for answer
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Helping as you work
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Hiding the Assistant
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Turning the Assistant off
The
Office Assistant
In
additional to traditional online help, Microsoft offers an Office Assistant
to help you along the way.
Clippit, the default Office Assistant, appears whenever you click the
question mark button
on the Standard Toolbar. Your Assistant should be configured to appear
automatically when you start one of the Office programs. We've also
configured it to offer up a "tip of the day" so you can learn some
interesting little tidbits of information. The Assistant stays on the
desktop, ready to help whenever you decide to use it. You may leave the
Assistant constantly active, or you can use it selectively.
Search for
answer
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By using the Assistant, rather than wade through a listing of help
topics, you can type your question in English, then click the Search
button to try to find the answer. |
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Helping you as you work
Sometimes
you may notice a lightbulb appear near the Assistant.
As the Assistant observes your work, it can offer you little tips or
shortcuts to help you work smarter or faster. Simply click the
lightbulb to
view the tip or shortcut. You can also choose to ignore the lightbulb and
continue working. Sometimes lightbulb tips aren't always that helpful.
You'll just have to check them out from time to time and get a feel for
their usefulness as you go.
Hiding the Assistant
If you decide you temporarily don't want to see the Office Assistant,
select Hide the Office Assistant from the Help menu. Select Show the Office
Assistant from the Help menu to get it back.
Turning the Assistant off
If you find the Office Assistant to be an annoyance as you work, you can
turn it off altogether.
Click on the Assistant to display a help bubble, if necessary, then click
the Options button. On the dialog box, go to the General tab and uncheck
the box that says Use the Office Assistant. If you later decide that you
would like to have the Assistant back, just go to the Help menu and select
Show the Office Assistant.
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