Clippy, the animated paper clip that annoyed Microsoft Office users nearly three decades ago, might have just been ahead of ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Clippy hasn't had an easy life. Microsoft's iconic but polarizing virtual assistant first appeared in Windows 97 as a small paperclip to help Microsoft Office users. It was given the ...

The paper clip, or "Clippit" as it was named, used to be the default Office Assistant in Microsoft Word for Windows. Its purpose is to offer help and advice to users. Due to the negative response to ...

Microsoft Office announced Tuesday that it's moving on from Clip Art, the image service that proved oh-so-popular in many a school paper and work presentation for years: "The Office.com Clip Art and ...