Editing Office Assistant (section)

=== Exclusive Assistants ===
In [[Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition|Microsoft Office 98]] and [[Microsoft Office 2001|2001]], [[MacOS]] exclusive editions of Microsoft Office, all of the built in Office 97 assistants were included (also retaining their Office 97 designs) along with an additional three assistants:<!-- Listed in order of appearance -->
* Bosgrove (a [[butler]] exclusive to MacOS)
* Earl the cat (a blue cat, also downloadable for Office 97)
* Max (a [[Macintosh Plus]] computer exclusive to MacOS)

The Office XP Multilingual Pack had two more assistants for Asian language users in non-Asian Office versions:<ref>{{cite web |date=2004-07-18 |script-title=ja:フミオ君のボヤキ 第14回 「ワード」のイルカ |url=http://www.kaiyou-k.jp/fumiovol14.htm |access-date=2011-12-22 |publisher=Kaiyou-k.jp}}</ref>
* {{Nihongo||冴子先生|Saeko Sensei}} (an animated teacher available for East Asian editions)
* The Monkey King ({{Zh|c=孫悟空}}) (based on the fictional character [[Monkey King|Sun Wukong]], available for East Asian editions)
In 1999, there was a partnership between Microsoft and the Japanese talk show {{Nihongo|2=さんまのまんま|3=Sanma no Manma}} hosted by comedian [[Sanma Akashiya]], where if a customer in Japan were to purchase a copy of Microsoft Office 2000 Upgrade Edition, they would be mailed a promotional CD that would install the show's mascot {{Nihongo|2=まんまちゃん|3=Manma-chan}}, an alien that resembles a dog as an additional Office Assistant.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-11-16 |title=Microsoft Office 2000 まんまちゃんオフィスアシスタントプレゼント |url=http://microsoft.com/japan/Office/Campaign/Thanks/kokuti.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991116123453/http://microsoft.com/japan/Office/Campaign/Thanks/kokuti.htm |archive-date=1999-11-16 |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Microsoft}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chapman |first=Stephen |date=2021-09-01 |title=The Microsoft Office Assistant You've Never Seen (Until Now) |url=https://www.thurrott.com/office/255148/the-microsoft-office-assistant-youve-never-seen-until-now |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Thurrott.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202054114/https://www.thurrott.com/office/255148/the-microsoft-office-assistant-youve-never-seen-until-now |url-status=live }}</ref>