Article ID: 177398
Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q177398
SYMPTOMS
If you click Tell Me More while you are in the Visual Basic Editor for Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition, you may receive one of the following error messages:
-or-
CAUSE
This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:
- You are using the Visual Basic Editor and click Office Assistant. -and-
- You click Options and click the Gallery tab. -and-
- You click Next until you see the screen with information about different assistants, and then click Tell Me More.
WORKAROUND
The Tell Me More button works if you are not in the Visual Basic Editor. To view the Help file that is associated with the Tell Me More button, follow these steps:
- Switch out of or close the Visual Basic Editor.
- On the Standard toolbar, click Office Assistant.
- Click Options, and then click the Gallery tab.
- Click Next until the Tell Me More button is unavailable.
- Click Tell Me More.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
Thirteen different assistants are included in the Microsoft Office 98 Value Pack. Max is the default Assistant. The other assistants are listed as follows:
Bosgrove
Clippit
Dot
Earl
Genius
Hoverbot
Logo
Mother Nature
Power Pup
Robot
Rocky
Scribble
Will
Additional query words: OFF98 PPT98 XL98 WD98
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