![]() The first favor Clippy called in was to Luxo, Pixar's lamp spokesman. After all, he did help write all the big movie scripts, even if the writers did not want his help. What Clippy had going for him was that he was well connected. Most people found Clippy to be highly aggravating and thought he did more harm than help, which is what lead to his termination by Microsoft (and for the purpose of this article, we're going to assume Clippy is male, it's difficult to be sure about the gender of a paper clip).Īfter Clippy was let go, he did what any just-released star would do and attempted to land a movie deal in Hollywood. Occasionally, Clippy would actually offer you useful advice, but most of the time Clippy would just hang out at the corner of your screen and do weird things like stare at you or dance a jig. It was easy to summon Clippy, all you had to do was open a program like Word, type "Dear," and then Clippy would appear out of some portal and start offering you advice on letter writing, whether you wanted it or not. Clippy was a charming animated paper clip with big googly eyes that came with every Office application. ![]() What has Clippy been up these past ten years?įor those of you who never had the pleasure of meeting Clippy, you must have missed out on using any version of Microsoft Office from 1997 through 2003. Would you like help with that? If Microsoft's animated Office assistant Clippy were here, he would undoubtedly be on the corner of the page distracting you from getting anything done. It looks like you're trying to read a blog letter. ![]()
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