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Re: Looking for XyWrite
- Subject: Re: Looking for XyWrite
- From: Dorothy Day day@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:56:49 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Leslie Bialler wrote:
> > I think we can unite, however, over the matter of the moronic animated Word
> > paper-clip, a bit of anthropomorphic evil I'm forced to contend with in the
> > workplace. (Can I get a witness?)
> >
>
> I have learned that if you don't want the paperclip you have to
> reinstall the whole danged program!
>
Actually, go to
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/index.htm
for replacements for the paperclip, the least obnoxious being
Office Assistant: Quiet Office Logo (unanimated). It's also possible to
eradicate the whole Assistant and go back to stone-age Help--see the
User to User column in the Dec. 1 PCMag.
Yes, sometimes I find that paperclip in my face too.
Dorothy
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Dorothy Day
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University
day@xxxxxxxx
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"He also surfs who only sits and waits."