Q115983

• Microsoft Office Assistant for Windows, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

After you install the Microsoft Office Assistant, the Microsoft Office Assistant button does not appear on the Microsoft Office Manager (MOM) toolbar.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if, for some reason, the MSOFFICE.INI file is not updated during Microsoft Office Assistant Setup.

WORKAROUNDS

To add the Microsoft Office Assistant icon to the Microsoft Office toolbar, do either of the following:

• Manually add the Microsoft Office Assistant toolbar button to the MOM toolbar with the following steps:
  
  
  1. From the MOM toolbar, choose the Microsoft Office button, and choose Customize.
  
  
  
  2. Select the Toolbar tab, and choose the Add button.
  
  
  
  3. In the Description box, type Microsoft Office Assistant. In the Command Line box, type WINHELP C:\MSOFFICE\OFFASST\OFFASST.HLP where C:\MSOFFICE\OFFASST is the location of the Microsoft Office Assistant files. From the Button Image list, select OABUTTON.BMP and choose OK.
  
  
  
  4. In the Customize dialog box, choose OK.
  
  
  


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• Reinstall the Microsoft Office Assistant with following steps:
  
  
  1. Close the MOM toolbar.
  
  
  
  2. Insert the Microsoft Office Assistant Setup Disk 1 in the appropriate floppy disk drive.
  
  
  
  3. In Program Manager, or File Manager, choose Run from the File menu. In the Command Line box, type A:SETUP where A is the letter of the floppy drive that contains the Setup disk.
  
  
  
  4. In the Microsoft Office Assistant Setup dialog box, choose the Reinstall button.
  
  
  

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