How do I edit Screen Tips?

[The Bean]

I am working in Publisher and am trying to edit the ScreenTips/ToolTips
within my web document - am I missing something, I can't find where to edit
this anywhere. Do I need to use an Html code?
The ScreenTip currently displays the entire url and "ctrl+click" I would
like it to have a phrase, not the url.
If I need to use Html code is there a simple one I can use? I am not
familiar with coding at all!
Please just give me something I can copy and paste!
Thanks

 

[DavidF]

The tool tip that you see on the Publisher page that displays the url and
"ctrl+click" is only viewed in the Pub doc. After you publish your page,
that hyperlink will not have a tool tip when you mouseover it.

If you use the insert html code fragment tool, and insert this into a Pub
page, you will get a "tool tip", which is actually the Title attribute of
the link:

<a title="This link will take you to Google, not a holiday page."
href="http://www.google.com">Holidays Page</a>

There is no built-in ability to add a title attribute to a normal hyperlink
inserted into a text box, image etc.

You might also look for a javascript solution. I googled for "javascript
tool tips" and found a bunch of links...here are two:

http://www.walterzorn.com/tooltip/tooltip_e.htm


http://javascript.about.com/library/bltip1.htm


If the instructions call for putting part of the code in the head, you
cannot. But go ahead and try it anyway with that code in the body. Many
times it will work.

I would not rely on a tool tip to tell a person where to click or where the
link will take them. Too often a person will never mouseover a link
expecting a tool tip...they point at a link because of what the actual text
says.

DavidF