On April 1st, I uncovered what I think is an April Fool’s prank hidden in Microsoft Word. Sometimes, when you open a new window, a ‘Getting Started’ sidebar appears. There is a search box that has examples underneath. Normally, they are standard stuff. On April 1st, it said: “get rid of Clipply.”
It seems at least somebody at Microsoft is aware that users don’t want an animated paperclip to help them with their correspondence.
Here is a screenshot.
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In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. Between 2005 and 2007 I completed an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford. I worked for five years for the Canadian federal government, including completing the Accelerated Economist Training Program, and then completed a PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto in 2023.
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I thought you had a Mac (?), but that is clearly an XP copy of Office.
Alas, my workplace has less elegant machines.
I see. Is Clippy even a feature any more? I think it’s gone from the software totally now. Also, I don’t think “Example: “getting rid of Clippy” is only something you see on April 1st. If you Google it, others have reported it but have not mentioned the date as being necessary to seeing it.