This assumes you actually want an Office Assistant. I have been using Office
2003 for years and have never had one installed. There's a Help setting
somewhere to disable it (a toggle on the Help menu, for one).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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In Control Panel, click on Add/Remove Programs, then click on Microsoft
Office 2003, and then click on the Change button.
Click on Add or Remove Features, Next.
Click on Choose Advanced Customization of applications, Next.
Click on the + next to Office Shared Features to expand it.
Click on Office Assistant to expand it.
To install all of the characters, click the arrow next to Office Assistant
and choose Run All from My Computer. Otherwise, you can pick and choose.
When you've finished making your selection, click on Update and follow the
prompts.
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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
"Mel" wrote in message
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I just downloaded Word 2003 on to my new Dell Laptop with XP Professional.
Occasionally when I open a Word document, new or otherwise, I get the
following window message: "There are no office assistant character files
present on the system. Pleas run Setup in maintenance mode and install at
least one character."
What is this about and how can I fix it? I did some exploration trying
to
take care of the problem with no luck.
Thanks