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Adding a Tip in Word
I have a locked template that is in tables. As a user scrolls over a drop
down field I want a tip added when there mouse goes over this field such as "Select an expense from the following" . Is this possible? I inserted a comment but didn't want anything that permanent as it takes away the overall look. Tried searching on help in Word for adding a tip or instruction but couldn't find anything. Thanks for any help given. |
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Adding a Tip in Word
Word doesn't offer mouseover tooltips like that in form fields.
In Word 2003 and earlier, you can enter "status bar" help -- text (or an AutoText entry) that appears on the status bar when the field is selected; or you can supply help text that will be displayed in a popup when the user presses F1 while the field is selected. Both of these are entered by clicking the Add Help Text button in the field properties dialog. In Word 2007, although you can enter status bar help, it won't appear because the status bar is locked into showing document data. The F1 help still works. In text form fields, you can enter your instructions as the default text. If you're using dropdown form fields, you could use the first list item for the instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:46:01 -0700, LindaC wrote: I have a locked template that is in tables. As a user scrolls over a drop down field I want a tip added when there mouse goes over this field such as "Select an expense from the following" . Is this possible? I inserted a comment but didn't want anything that permanent as it takes away the overall look. Tried searching on help in Word for adding a tip or instruction but couldn't find anything. Thanks for any help given. |
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Adding a Tip in Word
Word 2007 does show the help text in the status bar? If there is help text
associated with the field it replaces the document information on entry to the field. If creating a template you can draw attention to the status bar help by using an autonew macro in the template eg Sub AutoNew() MsgBox "Please refer to the Word status bar for instructions" End Sub -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Word doesn't offer mouseover tooltips like that in form fields. In Word 2003 and earlier, you can enter "status bar" help -- text (or an AutoText entry) that appears on the status bar when the field is selected; or you can supply help text that will be displayed in a popup when the user presses F1 while the field is selected. Both of these are entered by clicking the Add Help Text button in the field properties dialog. In Word 2007, although you can enter status bar help, it won't appear because the status bar is locked into showing document data. The F1 help still works. In text form fields, you can enter your instructions as the default text. If you're using dropdown form fields, you could use the first list item for the instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:46:01 -0700, LindaC wrote: I have a locked template that is in tables. As a user scrolls over a drop down field I want a tip added when there mouse goes over this field such as "Select an expense from the following" . Is this possible? I inserted a comment but didn't want anything that permanent as it takes away the overall look. Tried searching on help in Word for adding a tip or instruction but couldn't find anything. Thanks for any help given. |
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Adding a Tip in Word
Thanks for the correction. I didn't see it when I tried before,
because I didn't "enter" the field from another field but just protected the form. In Word 2003 that's enough to display the status bar text. On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:16:11 +0300, "Graham Mayor" wrote: Word 2007 does show the help text in the status bar? If there is help text associated with the field it replaces the document information on entry to the field. If creating a template you can draw attention to the status bar help by using an autonew macro in the template eg Sub AutoNew() MsgBox "Please refer to the Word status bar for instructions" End Sub -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . Word doesn't offer mouseover tooltips like that in form fields. In Word 2003 and earlier, you can enter "status bar" help -- text (or an AutoText entry) that appears on the status bar when the field is selected; or you can supply help text that will be displayed in a popup when the user presses F1 while the field is selected. Both of these are entered by clicking the Add Help Text button in the field properties dialog. In Word 2007, although you can enter status bar help, it won't appear because the status bar is locked into showing document data. The F1 help still works. In text form fields, you can enter your instructions as the default text. If you're using dropdown form fields, you could use the first list item for the instructions. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:46:01 -0700, LindaC wrote: I have a locked template that is in tables. As a user scrolls over a drop down field I want a tip added when there mouse goes over this field such as "Select an expense from the following" . Is this possible? I inserted a comment but didn't want anything that permanent as it takes away the overall look. Tried searching on help in Word for adding a tip or instruction but couldn't find anything. Thanks for any help given. |
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