Microsoft KB Archive/290363

= OFFXP: One Office Assistant Is Installed by Default =

Article ID: 290363

Article Last Modified on 12/4/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Small Business Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office XP Standard Edition for Students and Teachers
 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q290363



For a Microsoft Office 2000 version of this article, see 202991.

For a Microsoft Office 97 version of this article, see 155143.



SUMMARY
When you install Microsoft Office XP, only one Office Assistant is fully installed. The Clippit character is installed by default.



MORE INFORMATION
When you run the Office Setup program and click Install Now, the following Office Assistants and their associated files are installed in the Office folder:   Assistant          File -

Clippit           Clippit.acs, Clippit.acg Dot               Dot.acg F1                F1.acg Logo              Logo.acg Links             Offcat.acg MotherNature      Mnature.acg Rocky             Rocky.acg Note that the Clippit character installs two files, Clippit.acs (actor file) and Clippit.acg (preview file). The other six actors install preview files (.acp), so that you can preview these characters on the Gallery tab of the Office Assistant dialog box.

When you change the Office Assistant, the .acs file for that particular character is installed in the Office folder. The Office Assistant uses the &quot;Install on first use&quot; method, which minimizes hard disk space and the initial installation time.

To change Office Assistants, follow these steps:
 * 1) Display the Office Assistant, if it is not currently displayed, by clicking Show the Office Assistant on the Help menu.
 * 2) Right-click the Office Assistant, and then click Choose Assistant on the shortcut menu.
 * 3) On the Gallery tab, click either Back or Next to preview the available Office Assistants. When you locate the one that you want, click OK.

If your Office installation source is not available, either you will be prompted to insert it (if you installed from a CD-ROM), or you will be prompted to connect to the network drive from which you installed Office.

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