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Displaying Screen Tips
Summary: ScreenTips are those small, yellow boxes that appear when you hover over different objects in Word. You have complete control over whether they appear or don’t appear, all by making a simple configuration change in the Options dialog box. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)
As you work with the mouse in Word, you have no doubt noticed small yellow boxes that pop up near the mouse pointer and indicate information about whatever you are pointing at. In Word, these are called ScreenTips. By default, they are turned on, meaning they are displayed. If you find them distracting, you can turn them off by following these steps:
- Choose Options from the Tools menu. Word displays the Options dialog box.
- Make sure the View tab is selected. (Click here to see a related figure.)
- Make sure the ScreenTips check box is cleared.
- Click on OK.
Tip #1233 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
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