How to change the Office Assistant options in Office XP programs by configuring a system policy (312958)


The information in this article applies to:

  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows XP
  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Microsoft Office XP Professional
  • Microsoft Office XP Small Business
  • Microsoft Office XP Standard
  • Microsoft Office XP Students and Teachers
  • Microsoft Office XP Developer
  • Microsoft Access 2002
  • Microsoft Excel 2002
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2002
  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
  • Microsoft Word 2002
This article was previously published under Q312958

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SUMMARY

The Office Assistant is an animated character that serves as an alternate interface for the Microsoft Office XP Help system. You can configure specific options for the assistant by configuring a system policy.

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How to configure a policy

First, you must configure a policy that changes the text that is used in the Office Assistant. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. In the System Policy Editor, double-click the Default User icon.
  2. Expand the Microsoft Office XP node.
  3. Expand the Assistant node.
  4. Expand the Options Tab node.
  5. Select the individual options under the Options Tab node to customize the behavior of the Office Assistant for users who belong to the group.

    Note You can use these options to specify whether the Office Assistant is enabled and, if so, exactly what types of events the assistant will respond to.
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Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:2/16/2006
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