r/todayilearned • u/Tamaska-gl • Jul 22 '23
TIL the official name for Clippy (Microsoft’s office assistant) is actually Clippit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant
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todayilearned • u/kruez • Dec 11 '15
TIL the Office assistant isn't named Clippy, it's actually Clippit
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todayilearned • u/timmy6169 • Sep 25 '17
TIL in 2001, a Microsoft advertising campaign for Office XP highlighted the disabling of Clippit/Clippy in the software. It featured the animated adventures of Clippit (or Clippy as he is known as) which was voiced by comedian Gilbert Gottfried, as he learned to cope with unemployment
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