Outlook Assistance

You can use the options available on the Options page in the Outlook Assistant dialog box to make the Outlook Assistant work best for you. Some of these options are activated by default.

The Outlook Assistant can be permanently disabled or enabled using the Use the Outlook Assistant option on the Options page in the Outlook Assistant dialog box. Under this heading, other options that can be selected include: Respond to F1 key, which opens the Outlook Assistant whenever you press the [F1] key; Move when in the way, which moves the Outlook Assistant as needed when screen elements (such as a dialog box) are open; and Guess help topics, in which the Outlook Assistant automatically displays help on the current task.

Under Show tips about, you can choose exactly which type of tip you want to display or hide, depending upon your individual needs. You can choose to show or hide tips about Using features more effectively, Using the mouse more effectively, and Keyboard shortcuts.

In addition, you can select the following options: Only show high priority tips, which shows only important tips (such as time-saving tips); and Show the Tip of the Day at startup, which opens an Outlook Assistant tip each time Outlook starts.

You can also reset your tips. This option allows you to review previous tips in the current Outlook session. This option does not affect other Outlook programs.

Other Outlook programs such as PowerPoint and Word, share the Outlook Assistant. Therefore, changes you make to the Outlook Assistant in Outlook affect all other Outlook programs.

The Gallery page in the Outlook Assistant dialog box allows you to preview and select other Outlook Assistants. Additional Outlook Assistants can be downloaded from Microsoft’s Web page on the World Wide Web.

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