Hello Miriam
I would like to create screentips for my template as the ones used on the
new 2007 MS Word. How do I create these for my document?
hmm, I'm not sure what particular screen tip method from 2007 you are
having in mind (ContentControls, maybe?). There are a couple of
approaches to create a screen tip in all versions of Word. Recently, MVP
Jay Freedman has come up with something like an "elegant hack": ;-)
<quote>
Every once in a while, somebody asks for a way to show some "help text"
when the mouse hovers over a word or phrase in the document. The usual
answer is to use a Comment, although that shows author and time in the
balloon. I've posted a suggestion a couple of times to use a bookmark
containing a hyperlink that points to the same bookmark (hence no
movement if clicked) and that has a tooltip containing the help text;
that also shows the extraneous "Ctrl+click to follow the link".
By some serendipity, I've just found a better solution that I haven't
seen elsewhere: the field
{ AutoTextList "display text" \s NoStyle \t "Put the help text here" }
The display text is what appears in the document body. The switch \s
NoStyle works like the "NoMacro" in a MacroButton field -- it makes the
field inert, but it doesn't complain that there is no such style. The \t
switch defines the tooltip text, which will display up to 255 characters
with no unwanted text.
I've checked that it works in Word 2003 and 2007. It works if the field
is in a header/footer, and it still works in the protected text of a
protected form (but not in the header/footer of a protected form). If
you find any other restrictions, please let me know.
The field can be built from scratch (Ctrl+F9) or it can be created from
the Insert > Field (or Insert > Quick Parts > Field) dialog. The display
text goes in the New Value box; the NoStyle switch goes in the Context
box; and the help text goes in the Tooltip box (wish that was bigger!).
-- Regards, Jay Freedman
</quote>
HTH
Robert
