Earl (Office Assistant)

Earl
Name	Character ; Earl
Developer(s)	Microsoft Corporation
Initial release	1998 ; April 1998
Description	N/A ; Use Earl to relieve your Office headaches. Recommended adult dose should not exceed 8 hours per day.
Extra data	N/A ; Don't make me beg for it.~~I smell help in the air.
Animations	35 ; Unknown
TTS voice	None
Download	https://tmafe.com/classic-ms-agents/EARLREV.ACS ; https://tmafe.com/classic-ms-actors/mac-assistants/Earl.zip

For other uses, see Earl.

Earl is a Microsoft Agent and Macintosh-exclusive Microsoft Actor character originally developed by Microsoft Corporation. He was one of the five actors to be exclusive to Office 98. His appearance is a blue cat with a tan belly and mouth.

Use in Microsoft Office

See also: Office Assistant

Earl was one of the selectable Office Assistants in Office 98. He would appear when ever the program decided the user could be assisted. For example, typing an address followed by "Dear" would cause the Assistant to appear with the message, "It looks like you're writing a letter. Would you like help?"

Character data

Character data for Earl
File name:	Earl.acs/EARLREV.ACS
Description:	N/A
Extra data:	N/A
File size:	2.79 MB
Animations:	35
TTS voice:	<Speech Output Disabled/No TTS Engine Found>
GUID:	{663BF921-E311-11D0-BC17-00A076803C83}
TTSMode ID:	<Speech Output Disabled/No TTS Engine Found>
TTS speed:	170
TTS pitch:	0
Width:	166px
Length:	128px

Character data for Earl
File name:	Earl.zip
Description:	Use Earl to relieve your Office headaches. Recommended adult dose should not exceed 8 hours per day.
Extra data:	Don't make me beg for it.~~I smell help in the air.
File size:	2.10 MB
Animations:
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Gallery

The default animation frame of Earl.
The default animation frame of Earl.
Earl inside of the Office 98 character gallery.

Trivia

Earl is the only MacOS Assistant to have a known Microsoft Agent version.
- However, Earl's Microsoft Agent character is a Microsoft Agent 1.5 character.
There are no known Microsoft Agent 2.0 versions of Earl.
Earl was one of the five assistants originally being exclusive to MacOS, the other four being Max, Bosgrove, F1, and Rocky.
- Despite having a known Microsoft Agent 1.5 version, his character was not featured in Office 2000 unlike F1 and Rocky.
It is unknown why Earl's description and extra data was removed in his Microsoft Agent version, or if the Microsoft Agent version of Earl was also developed by Microsoft.
Ironically, in Windows XP, there was a search assistant of the same name, but is an entirely different character from Earl.