OFF98: How to Install Additional Assistants from the Value Pack

This article explains how to install the additional Office Assistants that are included in the Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition Value Pack.

When you install Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition on your computer, only one assistant, Max, is installed by default.

Installing Additional Assistants

To install additional assistants, follow these steps:

1. Double-click the Value Pack Installer in the Value Pack folder to run it.
2. Click to select the Assistants check box if you want to install all the assistants. Otherwise, click the arrow (>) next to Assistants, and click to select the check box for each assistant you want to install.
3. When you are finished selecting items you want to install, click Install.

You can also use a drag-and-drop procedure to install additional assistants. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Insert the Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition compact disc into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Use the Finder to go to the Value Pack:Assistants folder on the compact disc.
   
   The following assistants are listed:

         Bosgrove   Mother Nature
         Clippit    Power Pup
         Dot        Robot (a.k.a. "F1")
         Earl       Rocky
         Genius     Scribble
         Hoverbot   Will
         Logo
     
   						

3. Drag the assistants that you want to install to the Desktop.
4. Use the Finder to open the following folder on the hard disk on your computer:
   Microsoft Office 98:Office:Assistants
5. Drag the assistants from the Desktop to the Assistants folder.

The additional assistants are available in the programs included in Microsoft Office 98.

Using Aliases to Additional Assistants

All together, the additional assistants use almost 20 megabytes (MB) of hard disk space. If there is not enough free hard disk space on your computer, you can use aliases that allow you to use assistants without actually copying them onto the hard disk. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Insert the Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition compact disc.
2. Use the Finder to go to the Value Pack:Assistants folder on the compact disc.
3. Select the assistant for which you want to create an alias. Then, click Make Alias on the File menu. When you receive an error message, click OK to create the alias on the Desktop.
   
   Repeat this step for each assistant for which you want to create an alias.
4. Use the Finder to open the following folder on the hard disk on your computer:
   Microsoft Office 98:Office:Assistants
5. Drag the aliases from the Desktop to the Assistants folder.

The additional assistants are available in the programs included in Microsoft Office 98.

IMPORTANT: The location in which the assistant files are actually stored must be available in order for you to use them. Therefore, if the assistants are stored on your Microsoft Office 98 compact disc, the compact disc must be in the CD-ROM drive when you use the assistants; otherwise, the assistants do not work. Similarly, if the assistants are stored on a network server, you must be connected to the server to use them.

Performing an Administrative Installation of Additional Assistants

If you perform an administrative installation of Microsoft Office 98, you can automatically install additional assistants for network users to install by dragging the assistant files from the Microsoft Office 98 compact disc into the Assistants folder on the network server.

You can include additional assistants in an administrative installation of Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition by following these steps:

1. Perform the administrative installation of Microsoft Office 98, either by dragging the Microsoft Office 98 folder on the compact disc to the network server or by running the Microsoft Office Installer program and specifying a folder on the network server as the destination folder.
2. Drag the additional assistant files from the Microsoft Office 98 compact disc to the Assistants folder on the network server.

When users drag the Microsoft Office 98 folder from the network server to the workstation computer, the additional assistants are included in the installation and are available in each program.

NOTE: If a user installs Microsoft Office 98 by running the Microsoft Office Installer program, the additional assistants are not installed on the computer. If this occurs, you must provide the user with manual instructions for installing the additional assistants.

For more information, double-click the "About the Value Pack" Help file, which is located in the Value Pack folder. Then, click Value Pack Components. To view information about assistants, click Assistants.