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... Can I write custom Tool Tips ...
I have a few lines of text in a form that may need to be modifiy for various
applications. Is it possible to add a customized Tool Tip for that line of text. If I place my cursor over a line of text a message pops on the screen similar to: If thare are multiple Items, then this statement needs to be modified to indicate plural terms. If this is not too complicated, please give me some advice. Darrell |
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... Can I write custom Tool Tips ...
Hi Dr. Darrell,
It's no beauty, but you can use Insert | Comment to achieve this. Set Tools | Options... | tab Track Changes | 'Use Balloons (Print and Web layout)' to Never to avoid that your comments show up in the right margin. Good luck, Cooz -- PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?". Thanks. "Dr. Darrell" wrote: I have a few lines of text in a form that may need to be modifiy for various applications. Is it possible to add a customized Tool Tip for that line of text. If I place my cursor over a line of text a message pops on the screen similar to: If thare are multiple Items, then this statement needs to be modified to indicate plural terms. If this is not too complicated, please give me some advice. Darrell |
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... Can I write custom Tool Tips ...
That worked nicely, except when I opened it on another machine the comments
were extended over to the right and they were printable. So therefore, it appears that the settings you discribed are local settings. Is it possible to do this but have it as part of the file? Is it "Cooz" wrote: Hi Dr. Darrell, It's no beauty, but you can use Insert | Comment to achieve this. Set Tools | Options... | tab Track Changes | 'Use Balloons (Print and Web layout)' to Never to avoid that your comments show up in the right margin. Good luck, Cooz -- PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?". Thanks. "Dr. Darrell" wrote: I have a few lines of text in a form that may need to be modifiy for various applications. Is it possible to add a customized Tool Tip for that line of text. If I place my cursor over a line of text a message pops on the screen similar to: If thare are multiple Items, then this statement needs to be modified to indicate plural terms. If this is not too complicated, please give me some advice. Darrell |
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... Can I write custom Tool Tips ...
Another way to get a ScreenTip is with a hyperlink. Select and bookmark the
text you want to have the annotate, then reselect it and insert a hyperlink to that bookmark (it will be self-referential, so the hyperlink won't go anywhere). In the Hyperlink dialog, cleck ScreenTip... and type in your help text. It will be preceded by Ctrl+click instructions, but that's about the best you can do. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dr. Darrell" wrote in message ... That worked nicely, except when I opened it on another machine the comments were extended over to the right and they were printable. So therefore, it appears that the settings you discribed are local settings. Is it possible to do this but have it as part of the file? Is it "Cooz" wrote: Hi Dr. Darrell, It's no beauty, but you can use Insert | Comment to achieve this. Set Tools | Options... | tab Track Changes | 'Use Balloons (Print and Web layout)' to Never to avoid that your comments show up in the right margin. Good luck, Cooz -- PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?". Thanks. "Dr. Darrell" wrote: I have a few lines of text in a form that may need to be modifiy for various applications. Is it possible to add a customized Tool Tip for that line of text. If I place my cursor over a line of text a message pops on the screen similar to: If thare are multiple Items, then this statement needs to be modified to indicate plural terms. If this is not too complicated, please give me some advice. Darrell |
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... Can I write custom Tool Tips ...
Hi Dr.,
You could use a macro to prevent balloons from showing up. The macro runs when a new document based on the template you use is opened. Record any macro, say record clicking the B-button on the Formatting toolbar, and be sure to choose the template under 'Store macro in'. Choose Tools | Macro Macro's..., select your macro and choose Edit. The VBA-editor opens. Replace the entire macro by the following: Sub AutoNew() ActiveWindow.View.RevisionsMode = wdInLineRevisions End Sub Click the Save button in the VBA editor to save the template. Close the VBA editor. In Word, choose Tools | Macro Macros... Select macro and click Run. If you only have one document instead of a template, store the macro in the document and replace "AutoNew" by "AutoOpen". Good luck, Cooz "Dr. Darrell" wrote: That worked nicely, except when I opened it on another machine the comments were extended over to the right and they were printable. So therefore, it appears that the settings you discribed are local settings. Is it possible to do this but have it as part of the file? Is it "Cooz" wrote: Hi Dr. Darrell, It's no beauty, but you can use Insert | Comment to achieve this. Set Tools | Options... | tab Track Changes | 'Use Balloons (Print and Web layout)' to Never to avoid that your comments show up in the right margin. Good luck, Cooz -- PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?". Thanks. "Dr. Darrell" wrote: I have a few lines of text in a form that may need to be modifiy for various applications. Is it possible to add a customized Tool Tip for that line of text. If I place my cursor over a line of text a message pops on the screen similar to: If thare are multiple Items, then this statement needs to be modified to indicate plural terms. If this is not too complicated, please give me some advice. Darrell |
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... Can I write custom Tool Tips ...
I want to be able to insert little tips to a form - as one can do in Excel.
The comments option in Word won't do for what I want because as Dr.Darrell says it appears (or doesn't) dependent on the user's settings. I am hoping to find a way to have it pop up - either on float over or on click. Your hyperlink idea might be my best option. I am currently trying this: insert form control: "image (active X control)" which has various properties - I haven't found how to add some text, but I figured that this control or one similar might have some display text. Can you tell me if something like this will work - maybe a different control type, but ideally one I can stick a picture or symbol of a question mark on top of. Will this work without the section being protected? Maybe having it so that it does actually bring up a dialogue box or similar would be fine, but I don't want the user to have to enable macros. I know - I want the Moon! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Another way to get a ScreenTip is with a hyperlink. Select and bookmark the text you want to have the annotate, then reselect it and insert a hyperlink to that bookmark (it will be self-referential, so the hyperlink won't go anywhere). In the Hyperlink dialog, cleck ScreenTip... and type in your help text. It will be preceded by Ctrl+click instructions, but that's about the best you can do. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dr. Darrell" wrote in message ... That worked nicely, except when I opened it on another machine the comments were extended over to the right and they were printable. So therefore, it appears that the settings you discribed are local settings. Is it possible to do this but have it as part of the file? Is it "Cooz" wrote: Hi Dr. Darrell, It's no beauty, but you can use Insert | Comment to achieve this. Set Tools | Options... | tab Track Changes | 'Use Balloons (Print and Web layout)' to Never to avoid that your comments show up in the right margin. Good luck, Cooz -- PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?". Thanks. "Dr. Darrell" wrote: I have a few lines of text in a form that may need to be modifiy for various applications. Is it possible to add a customized Tool Tip for that line of text. If I place my cursor over a line of text a message pops on the screen similar to: If thare are multiple Items, then this statement needs to be modified to indicate plural terms. If this is not too complicated, please give me some advice. Darrell |
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... Can I write custom Tool Tips ...
What type of Form?
-- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Bod" wrote in message ... I want to be able to insert little tips to a form - as one can do in Excel. The comments option in Word won't do for what I want because as Dr.Darrell says it appears (or doesn't) dependent on the user's settings. I am hoping to find a way to have it pop up - either on float over or on click. Your hyperlink idea might be my best option. I am currently trying this: insert form control: "image (active X control)" which has various properties - I haven't found how to add some text, but I figured that this control or one similar might have some display text. Can you tell me if something like this will work - maybe a different control type, but ideally one I can stick a picture or symbol of a question mark on top of. Will this work without the section being protected? Maybe having it so that it does actually bring up a dialogue box or similar would be fine, but I don't want the user to have to enable macros. I know - I want the Moon! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Another way to get a ScreenTip is with a hyperlink. Select and bookmark the text you want to have the annotate, then reselect it and insert a hyperlink to that bookmark (it will be self-referential, so the hyperlink won't go anywhere). In the Hyperlink dialog, cleck ScreenTip... and type in your help text. It will be preceded by Ctrl+click instructions, but that's about the best you can do. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dr. Darrell" wrote in message ... That worked nicely, except when I opened it on another machine the comments were extended over to the right and they were printable. So therefore, it appears that the settings you discribed are local settings. Is it possible to do this but have it as part of the file? Is it "Cooz" wrote: Hi Dr. Darrell, It's no beauty, but you can use Insert | Comment to achieve this. Set Tools | Options... | tab Track Changes | 'Use Balloons (Print and Web layout)' to Never to avoid that your comments show up in the right margin. Good luck, Cooz -- PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?". Thanks. "Dr. Darrell" wrote: I have a few lines of text in a form that may need to be modifiy for various applications. Is it possible to add a customized Tool Tip for that line of text. If I place my cursor over a line of text a message pops on the screen similar to: If thare are multiple Items, then this statement needs to be modified to indicate plural terms. If this is not too complicated, please give me some advice. Darrell |
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