Hi. I am editing a word document when I get a very small MS office assistant with a drop down box with options to copy and paste and auto correct. I can not get rid of it and I can not work around it as it covers up my text.



Can I get rid off this office assistant?

Word 2021 doesn't have an "office assistant". Please post a screenshot so that we can understand exactly what you mean.

You can customize what is displayed using File | Options

I think what you mean will be affected by:

File / Options / Advanced / second block down is "Cut, Copy and Paste"

Uncheck the "Show Paste Options button when content is pasted" check box.

Also, the Esc key will close the Paste Options pop-up.
You have not seen an annoying office assistant if you haven't experienced Clippy!
You can do a web search for "Office Assistant" and "Clippy" to get an idea of true annoyances!


See also: Is Clippy back? and Paperclip by FieCube.

Okay. Thanks for your help.

Note that turning off the Paste Options button may have an undesired side-effect: the selected paste formats at File > Options > Advanced may be ignored in certain versions of Word.

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Stefan Blom
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Microsoft 365 apps for business
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