Context sensitive "message" or comment required

[cheekychews]

In Excel, a comment linked to a cell "pops up" when you cursor on the cell.

I want a similar capability in document templates using Word 2003.

For example, the template may have a section to add specific content
("Describe the market") and the pop up message would provide specific
instructions or explanations ("focus on xyz and provide abc data").

The example is knaff, but I am looking for an alternative to laying out
individual sub-sections in the template.

Any clues? (apart from the use of comments or autotext)

Thanks.

 

[Cindy M.]

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In Excel, a comment linked to a cell "pops up" when you cursor on the cell.

I want a similar capability in document templates using Word 2003.

Any clues? (apart from the use of comments or autotext)

And why would you not use Comments? They work in the same way as you
describe with Excel. That's the only possibility in Word you're going to
get something like this in a tooltip.

For example, the template may have a section to add specific content
("Describe the market") and the pop up message would provide specific
instructions or explanations ("focus on xyz and provide abc data").

Traditionally, text formatted as "hidden" has been used for this
purpose.

If you want to get really fancy you could create a SmartDocument or VSTO
solution and have the context-related material appear in the Actions
Pane (task pane).

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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