Some of the content in this topic may not be
applicable to some languages.
The Office Assistant can answer your questions, offer tips, and
provide help for a variety of features specific to the program you're using.
The Assistant is shared by all Microsoft Office programs. Any changes you make
to its options— such as the types of tips it displays— will affect the
Assistant in all of your Office programs.
The Assistant can display Help in the following ways:
Help with wizards
You can get Help from the Assistant when you start some wizards. If
you don't want help with wizards, you can turn it off. Not all wizards have
Help provided by the Assistant.
Tips
The Assistant provides tips on how to use features or keyboard
shortcuts more effectively. A tip is available when a yellow light bulb appears
next to the Assistant. You can also have the Assistant display a tip each time
you start Office.
Note When the Assistant displays a Microsoft Outlook reminder, it can't
display a tip at the same time. Click a button in the reminder to close it, and
then the tip will appear.
Messages
When the Assistant is turned on, program and system messages are
displayed in the Assistant balloon by default. If you want, you can choose to
see the messages in a dialog box instead.
Note Not all languages support all features of the Office
Assistant.