Adding a ScreenTip

ScreenTips are a helpful little embellishment that first appeared in Web browsers. You've probably hovered your mouse pointer over a link on a Web page so that you can see a small box appear that contains the address for the link. These ScreenTips can also appear in Word, where they are sometimes called ToolTips. You can add a ScreenTip as you add a hyperlink by following these steps:

1. Press Ctrl+K. Word displays the Insert Hyperlink dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
2. Click on the ScreenTip button. Word displays the Set Hyperlink ScreenTip dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
3. In the ScreenTip Text box, enter the text you want to use for your ScreenTip.
4. Click on OK to close the dialog box.
5. Set any other hyperlink values, as desired.
6. When completed, click on OK.

With your ScreenTip defined, all you need to do hover the mouse pointer over the hyperlink. Shortly Word displays a small box that contains whatever text you specified in step 3.