Posted by: Heather
Killing the paperclip - 24/07/2003 06:43
I think it was posted here but I can't find it.
Can someone tell me how to get rid of it in Office 98?
Posted by: boxer
Re: Killing the paperclip - 24/07/2003 06:56
Right click on the wretched thing and click, from memory, hide
Posted by: robricc
Re: Killing the paperclip - 24/07/2003 06:59
If it's Office 98, I think that means she is using a Mac. That would also mean no right click...
Posted by: boxer
Re: Killing the paperclip - 24/07/2003 07:06
I bow, as always to your superior.....I'll nip across to the mac side of the boxer empire and see if they know.
......one nip later,
They're designers, they don't know what a word is, let alone an office package, that's why they use macs.
Their support is out today, so they can't ask her.
Posted by: tonyc
Re: Killing the paperclip - 24/07/2003 07:11
That would also mean no right click...
Oh, well then it's a Mac, which means the empathy chip inside will sense that she doesn't like the paper clip, and it will go away automatically.
(Let's see how long we can make this thread without actually solving Heather's problem.)
Posted by: boxer
Re: Killing the paperclip - 24/07/2003 07:29
Some of us are trying to be helpful here! - But it does raise the question: Why would you have a paperclip in the paperless office.
Posted by: larry818
Re: Killing the paperclip - 24/07/2003 07:30
On my last Mac, I hooked up a three button mouse, thru a converter. I was surprised to find that the right click has a world of functionality similar to OS/2 that most mac users never know exists.
Posted by: cushman
Re: Killing the paperclip - 24/07/2003 07:31
You could probably ask it how to make it go away...
Posted by: wfaulk
Re: Killing the paperclip - 24/07/2003 07:31
From
here:
To make it disappear, you need to locate the Office Assistant dialog box. You access this dialog box by Control-clicking the Office Assistant character and selecting Options from the pull-down menu. Then simply uncheck everything you don't want it to do. If you want Office Assistant back, you can still access it by choosing Microsoft Word Help from the Help menu.
I don't own or otherwise have a copy of Office for Mac, so I hope that's right.
Posted by: wfaulk
Re: Killing the paperclip - 24/07/2003 07:32
Most third-party mouse right-clicks are the same as control-clicks.
Posted by: lectric
Re: Killing the paperclip - 24/07/2003 12:10
I usually just run setup again, and remove the check box beside office assisntant. If he's not installed, he can't appear.