Application.Assistant Property

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Returns an Assistant object that represents the Microsoft Office Assistant.

Syntax

expression.Assistant

expression   A variable that represents an Application object.

Remarks

The Microsoft Office Assistant and AnswerWizard have been depreciated in the 2007 release of the Microsoft Office system.

Remarks

Example

This example displays the Office Assistant.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  
    Assistant.Visible = True

This example displays the Office Assistant and moves it to the upper-left region of the screen.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With Assistant
    .Visible = True
    .Move xLeft:=100, yTop:=100
End With

This example displays the Office Assistant with a custom message in a balloon.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  With Assistant
    .Visible = True
    Set bln = .NewBalloon
    With bln
        .Mode = msoModeAutoDown
        .Text = "Hello"
        .Button = msoButtonSetNone
        .Show
    End With
End With

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