Using the Office Assistant With Microsoft Outlook 2003

Tuesday, September 6, 2011


The office assistant is an animated help system that can answer questions while you work. When you type a question in the office assistant, the related topics appear in the search results task pane. If you don't find information related to the topic, the assistant provides suggestions on how to phrase the question.

Firstly, choose help and click show the assistant and the assistant will appear. Click on it to display the "what would you like to do?" balloon. In the balloon, type tasks and click search. The help topics related to tasks will then appear in the search results task pane.

Now click on rename a task found in the search results task pane. You may need to move the office assistant in order to see it. The Microsoft Office Outlook Help window displays information on the selected help topic (in this case, rename a task). The assistant remains visible.

Next click the assistant again to display the balloon and click on options. The options button is in the balloon. Clear use the office assistant in order to turn off the assistant. Now click on OK to close the assistant dialog box and the assistant will disappear. Then close the help window.

Even when the assistant is hidden, it will reappear when you encounter any problem. If you wish to hide it permanently, you can turn it off. To do so, click it, click options, and then clear use the office assistant and click on ok. You have finished learning how to use the assistant.

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