Microsoft KB Archive/218733

= PUB2000: Publisher Setup Disables the Office Assistant =

Article ID: 218733

Article Last Modified on 12/16/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Publisher 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q218733



SYMPTOMS
When you install Publisher 2000 from the Microsoft Office 2000 Disc 2 CD-ROM, the Office Assistant is disabled when you start another Office program.



CAUSE
The status of the Office Assistant is shared by the following Office 2000 programs:


 * Microsoft Access 2000
 * Microsoft Excel 2000
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
 * Microsoft Publisher 2000
 * Microsoft Word 2000

When you install Office 2000, Office Setup enables the Office Assistant. When you install Publisher 2000 from the Microsoft Office Disc 2 CD-ROM, Publisher Setup disables the Office Assistant.

When you start any Office 2000 program after you install Publisher 2000, the Office Assistant is disabled and does not appear.



RESOLUTION
To enable the Office Assistant, click Show Office Assistant on the Help menu in any Office 2000 program.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Publisher 2000.

Additional query words: pub2k mspub pub 2000 9.0 pub9 paperclip

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix kbsetup kbprb KB218733

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