Microsoft KB Archive/160257

= OFF97: Office Assistant Help Runs Search When Enter is Pressed =

Article ID: 160257

Article Last Modified on 11/22/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q160257



SYMPTOMS
When you use Office Assistant help, pressing ENTER may cause the Search to run, regardless of the button your mouse pointer is currently over.



CAUSE
The Search button is the default button in the Office Assistant help. Unless you click or activate another button, the Search button is active.



RESOLUTION
To choose Tips, Options or Close in the Office Assistant help, click the option button for that selection.

To select buttons using the keyboard, press the TAB key until the desired button's text is surrounded by a dotted rectangle (this indicates it is now the active button), and then press ENTER.



MORE INFORMATION
The added functionality of mouseover (to hover or rest the mouse pointer) enables animation based on where the mouse is located on the screen. In the Office Assistant help, this animation appears to make a button active when the mouse pointer is placed over it. However, the button is not active unless it contains the dotted rectangle. If no button contains the dotted rectangle, the default button is selected when you press ENTER. In the Office Assistant help, the default button is the Search button.

