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IV-9 Microsoft includes tip wizards with all the Office 97 products. These next seven registry entries let you enable or disable the wizards.
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Assistant |
Value Name: | AsstShowTipOfDay |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD |
Value: | 1 |
Tired of seeing all the tips of the day? Setting this value to 0 disables these tips.
IV-10 | Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Assistant | |
Value Name: | AsstFeatureTips | |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD | |
Value: | 1 |
Setting this value to 1 shows tips for features you may not know about and suggests better ways to use the features you do know about.
IV-11 | Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Assistant | |
Value Name: | AsstKeyboardShortcutTips | |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD | |
Value: | 1 |
Setting this value to 1 makes the Office Assistant show you keyboard shortcuts for functions that take complicated mouse and menu commands to accomplish.
IV-12 | Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Assistant | |
Value Name: | AsstMouseTips | |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD | |
Value: | 1 |
Setting this value to 1 makes the Office Assistant watch your mouse commands and show you tips for using your mouse more effectively.
IV-13 | Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Assistant | |
Value Name: | AsstAssistWithHelp | |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD | |
Value: | 1 |
Setting this value to 1 shows the Office Assistant when you press the F1 key in any Microsoft Office application. Setting this value to 0 makes the Help function appear instead of the Office Assistant. Note: In some areas, Help appears when you press the F1 key regardless of this setting.
IV-14 | Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Assistant | |
Value Name: | AsstAssistWithAlerts | |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD | |
Value: | 1 |
Setting this value to 1 enables the Office Assistant to show you help messages.
IV-15 | Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Assistant | |
Value Name: | AsstGuessHelp | |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD | |
Value: | 1 |
Setting this value to 1 enables context-sensitive help. Set this value to 0 if you do not want help topics to appear unless you specifically ask for help.
IV-16 | Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Assistant | |
Value Name: | AsstOnlyHighPriorityTips | |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD | |
Value: | 1 |
Setting this value to 1 shows you only the tips that are important, such as those that alert you to timesaving features. This feature is great for moving from a beginner to an advanced user.
IV-17 | Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Assistant | |
Value Name: | AsstOfficeWizards | |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD | |
Value: | 1 |
Setting this value to 1 enables the Office Assistant to provide help with most of the wizards in Microsoft Office applications.
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