Clippy is still there, he's just inactive. He can be turned on Help > Show Office Assistant
>LOL! Interesting!
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>Some day someone at Microsoft will once again add Clippy (or a friend) having not been familiar with the history of the critter. Then we can start sall over again. :)
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer