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OFF98: Search Button and Search Box Are Missing in Office

Article ID: 183424

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003

Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q183424

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor in any of products listed at the beginning of this article, the balloon that appears above the Office Assistant may not contain the Search button or the box in which to type a question.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you clear the Guess Help Topics check box in the Options tab of the Office Assistant dialog box.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, select the Guess Help Topics check box. To do this, follow these steps:

Click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar.
In the Office Assistant balloon, click Options.
On the Options tab, click to select the Guess Help Topics check box, and then click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The balloon that normally appears above the Office Assistant contains the following items:

A "What would you like to do?" caption
A Search button and a box in which to type a question
Tips, Options, and Close buttons

To search for specific topics, type a question into the box, and then click the Search button.

For more information about using and controlling the Office Assistant, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

180276 OFF98: Controlling How and When the Office Assistant Appears

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