The Office Assistant

The Office Assistant displays an animated character (Figure 31) that can provide tips and assistance while you work. While enabled, the Office Assistant is the main interface for working with Excel's onscreen Help feature.

Figure 31. The Office Assistant.

To enable or disable the Office Assistant

Choose Help > Use the Office Assistant (Figure 32). The Office Assistant will disappear.

Figure 32. Excel's Help menu.

If a check mark appears to the left of the command (Figure 32), the Office Assistant is enabled and choosing the command ...

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