Harness his power of thought to yourself time and energy. The mind of the Genius works at the speed of light. This robot is fully optimized for Office use.į1 - A Robot that have no legs only arms, He is brother of Robby.į1 first appeared in Office 97 as a downloadable assistant. He is a red dot that everyone loves and knows.į1 is the first of the 300/M series, built to serve. "I'm here to help, so give me a click if you need anything."ĭot - An office assistant that was in Office 97.
Need a guide on the electronic frontier? Able to transform into any shape, the Dot will always point you in the right direction. Would you like help?".ĭot A red ball that appeared Office 97. For example, typing an address followed by "Dear" would cause the Assistant to appear with the message, " It looks like you're writing a letter. It also presented tips and keyboard shortcuts. The video can be watched here.Īccording to Alan Cooper, the "Father of Visual Basic," the concept of Clippit was based on a "tragic misunderstanding" of research conducted at Stanford University, showing that the same part of the brain in use while using a mouse or keyboard was also responsible for emotional reactions while interacting with other human beings and thus is the reason people yell at their computer monitors. Microsoft concluded that if humans reacted to computers the same way they react to other humans, it would be beneficial to include a human-like face in their software. As people already related to computers directly as they do with humans, the added human-like face emerged as an annoying interloper distracting the user from the primary conversation.įirst introduced in Microsoft Office 97, the Office Assistant was codenamed TFC during development. It appeared when the program determined the user could be assisted with using Office wizards, searching help, or advising users on using Office features more effectively. He does not move his lips at all while the recorded speech is playing. While Clippy does not support text-to-speech software, he can be synchronized by using recorded speech. Would you like help?" Therefore all office assistant characters were removed in Microsoft Office 2007. For example, if the user writes "Dear" and then a name, Clippy will prompt the user and say, "It looks like you're writing a letter. Like other assistants, Clippy is implied by many users that he was annoying because he kept asking certain questions. Like all office assistant characters, Clippy can help office users in many ways (such as writing a text document in Microsoft Word and creating presentations in Microsoft Office PowerPoint). Want quick answers to your questions about Office? Just click me.Ĭlippy is the paperclip office assistant character created by Microsoft for Microsoft Office (). Though nothing more than a thin metal wire, Clippit will help find what you need and keep it all together.