Hyperlink Preview

[SESmith]

I am wondering if there is a way to hyperlink to a picture (such as a visual
reference of a tool) and allow the reader to have a preview box (much like a
screen tip) appear, so that the reader doesn't need to actually goto the
hyperlink destination. Essentially, I would like to hover my mouse over a
tool name and have a thumbnail picture of the tool float above the tool name.
Is this possible?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I am wondering if there is a way to hyperlink to a picture (such as a visual
reference of a tool) and allow the reader to have a preview box (much like a
screen tip) appear, so that the reader doesn't need to actually goto the
hyperlink destination. Essentially, I would like to hover my mouse over a
tool name and have a thumbnail picture of the tool float above the tool name.
Is this possible?

Not literally, no. The mouseover (technically, the tooltip) of a
hyperlink in Word is limited to text only.

If the target of the hyperlink is to a picture that will never change,
then take a thumbnail of the picture (using a graphics editor such as
IrfanView, www.irfanview.com, make a reduced copy about 32 pixels on a
side) and insert the thumbnail into the Word document. With the
thumbnail selected, press Ctrl+K to open the Hyperlink dialog and fill
in the address and the display text (which is the tooltip). The
picture itself will be the clickable hyperlink.

 

[SESmith]

Thanks Jay. That really helped. Do you know if the feature I am looking for
is available in any other program? For instance, if I made the document into
a webpage or converted it to PDF. Thanks again.

 

[Jay Freedman]

If there is such a program, I've never seen it.

Thanks Jay. That really helped. Do you know if the feature I am
looking for is available in any other program? For instance, if I
made the document into a webpage or converted it to PDF. Thanks
again.