1.

Let’s turn Clippy on. Click on the Help menu and choose Show Office Assistant.

2.

Let’s change the way Clippy looks. Right-click on Clippy and click on Choose Assistant.

3.

In the Office Assistant Options window, click the Next button until you reach Merlin. Click OK.

4.

Merlin is making an awful lot of noise and we’re trying to work! Right-click on Merlin again, but this time click on Options. Uncheck Make Sounds and click OK.

5.

Let’s left-click on Merlin so we can ask him a question. In the box that pops up, type Flag an e-mail. Click Search. (If you look in the “Type a Question” box in the top right hand corner, you’ll see your text has appeared there as well.)

6.

Click one of the links that appears.

7.

Read the Help topic and close it.