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Word does not provide any intrinsic "pop-up" feature that results in a small window containing information when you click on a word or a link. The closest that can be found in Word is the ScreenTip feature, which displays a small ToolTip-like "hint" when you hover the mouse pointer over a hyperlink. (ScreenTips are not available in Word 97, having been introduced in Word 2000.) ScreenTips can be created as follows:
Figure 1. The Set Hyperlink ScreenTip dialog box.
Other than the ScreenTips, there is nothing else close to a "pop-up" feature in Word. One could be easily created, however, if you create a macro that displays information using the MsgBox function, and then you associate that macro with a MACROBUTTON field. When the user clicks on the button created by the field, the message in the macro is displayed in a dialog box.
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2017-07-28 12:26:43
Will
THERE WAS AN ERROR IN MY EARLIER POST. FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS TO CREATE POPUPS IN WORD:
Hit Ctrl and F9
Insert this INSIDE the curly brackets that appear after you hit Ctrl+F9:
AutoTextlist "word seen" \s NoStyle \t "balloon word"
Replace "word seen" with your text. Replace "balloon word" with what you want to appear in your popup.
Hit F9 (this is the step I left out in my earlier post)
2017-07-28 12:23:58
Will
This article is not correct. Popups are easily created in MS Word:
Hit Ctrl and F9
Insert this INSIDE the curly brackets that appear after you hit Ctrl+F9:
AutoTextlist "word seen" \s NoStyle \t "balloon word"
Replace "word seen" with your text. Replace "balloon word" with what you want to appear in your popup.
That's it. No need to create confusing links.
2016-04-03 09:51:58
Lorrie
I use Word 2002. A couple of weeks ago I think I hits some combination of keys that caused the following to start happening: When I'm typing in Word popup menus will randomly popup during my typing. Could be "Insert Hyperlink...", "Cut, Copy, Paste, ...", the Bullets menu.
What did I do and how do I fix it?
Thank you!
2012-11-02 09:52:27
Jeremy
Is there any way to get more than 205 characters in the screen tip?
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