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Subject:Re: >;-> Re: F1 for help From:Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> To:Terry Barron <tbarron -at- systems -dot- dhl -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 Mar 2000 19:51:16 -0600
Or you can get rid of the damn thing all together. I didn't install the Office
Assistant (I'm still on Office 97) when I installed Office. If it's on a
computer I'm using onsite, I go into Explorer and rename the C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office\ Actors directory to Non Actors. Never have to
look at the nasty, smarmy thing - or any of his relatives - again.
For those so inclined.....
Jo Byrd
Terry Barron wrote:
> (on the lighter side...)
>
> You can give Clippy a personality make-over, if you have access to the MS
> Office CD. I think there are about a dozen different personas to choose among
> (none as obnoxious as Clippy).
>
> I don't let him out very often, but Scribbles the Cat replaced Clippy on my
> home system. His meow is so lifelike, my real cats will sniff around the
> monitor looking for him.
>
> ~~~ Terry
>
> Becca Price wrote:
> > (snip)
> I got that smarmy little paperclip and a list of topics that (sometimes only
> marginally) related to the dialog box that was open, and the option to enter
> another question. I'd really hate to call up that paperclip character (whom I
> hate with a passion), but I'm not sure what the standard currently is.
