X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4d1e129593b7790a X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-02 05:25:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed.icl.net!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: stumo@bigfoot.com (Stuart Moore) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: NEWSFLASH - man killed family then comitted suicide Message-ID: <3b921ff9.2604922@news.ntlworld.com> References: <3b8c9e36$1@runswick.octacon.co.uk> <3t14pt4nhmpsjhq02mfs9dgmg9tcali8er@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Lines: 26 Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 12:22:34 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.200.104 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 999433212 62.252.200.104 (Sun, 02 Sep 2001 13:20:12 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 13:20:12 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:7264 On Sun, 02 Sep 2001 13:50:41 +0300, Ville Jouppi enlightened us with: > On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:48:55 +0100, "David Palmer" > wrote: > > >The first thing to do after installing Microsoft Office HAS to be deactivating > >the Office Assistant. Better still deselect it during installation. > > Yep. I was really amazed that MS decided to start marketing Office XP by > saying "No more annoying office assistant"! If people hate it, just turn it > off, for heaven's sake. > > I do understand that it's very hard to press F1 to get help in windows - no > wonder people don't know that you can disable "that annoying paperclip". The thing that annoyed me the most was that with the paperclip active, pressing F1 just brings up the paperclip, and as far as I could see there was no way to get to the proper search box. Plus the fact that if you type in e.g. a visual basic command it can't find the relevant help, but if you type it into the search it comes up straight away. -- o |\ _[] L_ === Stuart Moore []\, stm