If you fall into a ravine, call Lassie. If you need help in Office, call Rocky.
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Got a question? Put me to work.~~Problem? Relax, I'm on it.~~Don't worry, I'm fully Office-trained.^^Here's your reminder.~~You asked me to remind you about this.
Rocky is a Microsoft Agent and Microsoft Actor character developed by Microsoft Corporation. Rocky was first used in Microsoft Greetings Workshop as the main guide before being made as a downloadable character for Office 97, with a Macintosh version of him being made as a default character in Office 98. He was later made as a Microsoft Agent character in Office 2000. He was part of the Office Assistant feature of Microsoft Office, which allowed for an animated character to assist the user or answer questions. His appearance is a tan dog.
Use in Microsoft Office
Rocky was first made as a default character in Microsoft Office 98. As with other Office Assistants, he appeared whenever the program determined 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 Rocky
File name:
ROCKY.ACS
Description:
If you fall into a ravine, call Lassie. If you need help in Office, call Rocky.
Extra data:
Got a question? Put me to work.~~Problem? Relax, I'm on it.~~Don't worry, I'm fully Office-trained.^^Here's your reminder.~~You asked me to remind you about this.
File size:
2.936 KB
Animations:
50
TTS voice:
<Speech Output Disabled/No TTS Engine Found>
GUID:
{375AB502-BD4C-11D0-BD18-0000F803AA3A}
TTSMode ID:
<Speech Output Disabled/No TTS Engine Found>
TTS speed:
170
TTS pitch:
0
Width:
124px
Length:
93px
Gallery
The default animation frame of Rocky.
Rocky inside of the Office 2000 character gallery.
Rocky was involved with a lawsuit with Scottish video game company Inner Workings in 1999, who believed that Rocky looked too similar to a character of theirs named Lemon Dog, in which Microsoft denied that Rocky and Lemon Dog were similar[2]. Although Inner Workings managed to beat Microsoft in court, the company could not make enough money and later collapsed[3].
The Inner Workings lawsuit may be why Rocky was removed as a downloadable character in the Office Update website. Despite this, he would later be reinstated as a default character in Office 2000.
Rocky was initially made as a successor to Rover[2]. His inclusion in Microsoft Office 2000 may have been a replacement to PowerPup, an super-hero dog assistant that was present in Microsoft Office 97.
However, both him and PowerPup were both featured in Office 98.
Unlike Links, Rocky has his ACS file named as "ROCKY.ACS" rather than "OFFDOG.ACS".
Rocky was one of the five assistants originally being exclusive to MacOS, the other four being F1, Bosgrove, Max, and Earl.
However, Both Rocky and F1 later gotten Windows versions via the Office Update website, and became the only assistants that were later ported to Office 2000.
The default animation frame of Rocky.
Rocky inside of the Office 2000 character gallery.
Rocky inside of Microsoft Greetings Workshop 2.0.
