Customise 'Tool tips'

[Guest]

I have a custom toolbar for commonly used styles in MS-Word. I'm creating shortcut keys for these styles and would like the shortcut to display as a tool-tip when the mouse is placed over the style name

How do I customise a tool-tip? I've looked through word help but can't find anythin

Any help would be appreciated

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Shortcut keys will automatically be included if you check this option in
Tools | Customize | Options.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
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I have a custom toolbar for commonly used styles in MS-Word. I'm creating

shortcut keys for these styles and would like the shortcut to display as a
tool-tip when the mouse is placed over the style name.

 

[Shauna Kelly]

Hi Jason

The only way to change tooltips for a button on a toolbar is through VBA.
You don't actually have to write a macro. You can just do Alt-F9, and then
type in the Immediate Window.

You need to type something like:
CommandBars("Custom 1").Controls(1).TooltipText = "My text here" [Enter]

The following might also be useful:
How to get a menu button that is assigned to a macro to display
the keyboard shortcut on the menu
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CmdBtnShrtcutKey.htm

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word

Julie,

I want to do the same thing with tool tips. Did you figure out how to do

it? If so would you be willing to pass this hard earned info on.

thanks for any help,

Jason

creating shortcut keys for these styles and would like the shortcut to
display as a tool-tip when the mouse is placed over the style name.