Like cuter office assstants, ie, cat, etc; don't like box.

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Linda G

I like to enjoy my work, and the cute office assistants helped.

Also, Microsoft has made it annoying to submit any comments and suggestions.
Perhaps Microsoft DOES NOT REALLY WANT THEM. Obviously if we just get a
"discussion group" rather than Microsoft, the lack of wanting comments must
be a fact.
 
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Alias

Linda G said:
I like to enjoy my work, and the cute office assistants helped.

Also, Microsoft has made it annoying to submit any comments and
suggestions.
Perhaps Microsoft DOES NOT REALLY WANT THEM. Obviously if we just get a
"discussion group" rather than Microsoft, the lack of wanting comments
must
be a fact.
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I assume you have 2003 installed. If there is no functional difference
between it and the previous office you were using, why not dump 2003 and
install the old one and get the cat back? 2003 doesn't come with assistants,
just a high price for basically the same thing as the previous two versions,
with the exception, I am told, of Outlook.
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Why not make your own or get some from the pages referenced here?
http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/default.asp

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Linda G asked:

| I like to enjoy my work, and the cute office assistants helped.
|
| Also, Microsoft has made it annoying to submit any comments and
| suggestions. Perhaps Microsoft DOES NOT REALLY WANT THEM. Obviously
| if we just get a "discussion group" rather than Microsoft, the lack
| of wanting comments must be a fact.
 
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IanRoy

Funny, my Office Assistant just waved at me from Excel 2003. I must need
sleep, if you say he's not there. (Help> Show the Office Assistant)
 
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Don MI

Linda G said:
I like to enjoy my work, and the cute office assistants helped.

Also, Microsoft has made it annoying to submit any comments and
suggestions.
Perhaps Microsoft DOES NOT REALLY WANT THEM. Obviously if we just get a
"discussion group" rather than Microsoft, the lack of wanting comments
must
be a fact.
Click to expand...

Depending on what you consider cute, cat and others are available in Office
2003 as optional install.

Don
 
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Steve Anderson [msft]

Hi Linda, I can assure you that we do want feedback. The problem is, frankly, that we get far too many suggestions (thousands per week) and existing systems for getting verbose feedback were too unstructured--meaning that even the most valiant efforts to read or respond (much less act on) quickly proved futile. Really, a good way to go insane is to try and read the suggestions, half of which are requests for help, 25% of which are some variant of "you stink" and the other 25% of which are actually suggestions.

The method you see here is an attempt to be upfront about that and give people (the community) the power to prioritize what we should respond to first by voting. Also, we wanted those people who were actually asking questions in their suggestions (either because they didn't get the suggestions feature or because there was a way to do what they wanted to in the product that they didn't realize it) to get an answer. This thread is sort of an example of that, with all the good folks like Milly and Paul chiming in with work-arounds or solutions.

In any case, if you have suggestions about the suggestions (as it were) feel free to post it here or email me. I'm actually one of the people responsible for (or to blame for, depending upon your viewpoint there) the suggestion feature.

As for your original suggestion, there were lots of people like you who really liked the assistant. Turned out there were more who didn't.

Thanks,

-Steve Anderson
Program Manager, Office

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


<Linda G> wrote:


I like to enjoy my work, and the cute office assistants helped.

Also, Microsoft has made it annoying to submit any comments and suggestions.
Perhaps Microsoft DOES NOT REALLY WANT THEM. Obviously if we just get a
"discussion group" rather than Microsoft, the lack of wanting comments must
be a fact.
 
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John Rehill

I seem to recall that there was a whole thing about there being no assistant
by default in MS Office when 2003 was being developed as most people hate Mr.
clipit and just turn it off. I know i never installed them, even on work
computers i support unless requested. There was a whole thing about "What
job can Mr. Clipit have now he's sacked" or something. They are there just
not installed when you use the default install you have to use the custom
install. i think.
 
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Gyorgy Moldova [MCSE+I, MVP]

yup. Microsoft had a campaign for Office XP regarding this
 
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