how do I expand text in a word document (e.g. define a word)

[Mary Harley]

I want to include (hidden) definitions in a word document so people can click
if they need more info. For example:
"Subjects in our study must be 65 years or younger [why?]. They should be
in good health..."

[Why?} expands to: "recent research has shown that this intervention might
be dangerous to older participants. Please see (hyperlinked website) for
details."

I want the information hidden so it is only seen if the user cares to get
the additional information. Thanks for your help!

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Mary Harley was telling us:
Mary Harley nous racontait que :

I want to include (hidden) definitions in a word document so people
can click if they need more info. For example:
"Subjects in our study must be 65 years or younger [why?]. They
should be in good health..."

[Why?} expands to: "recent research has shown that this intervention
might be dangerous to older participants. Please see (hyperlinked
website) for details."

I want the information hidden so it is only seen if the user cares to
get the additional information. Thanks for your help!

Have you tried working with comments (Insert menu)?

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Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

 

[alborg]

Hi Mary:

I've thought about doing this, but what an idea! It's actually kind of easy
to do-

1) Go to toolbar Insert-> Hyperlink
2) Select "Place on this document", then put in your "Why?" keyword.
3) Now click on "Screen Tip" and under "Screen Tip Text" put in your phrase,
s.a. "recent research has shown that this intervention might be dangerous to
older participants."
4) Place "OK" and test out your new blue highlighted keyword.

BINGO!!!

Cheers,
Al

Al Borges MD
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

alborg was telling us:
alborg nous racontait que :

Hi Mary:

I've thought about doing this, but what an idea! It's actually kind
of easy to do-

1) Go to toolbar Insert-> Hyperlink
2) Select "Place on this document", then put in your "Why?" keyword.
3) Now click on "Screen Tip" and under "Screen Tip Text" put in your
phrase, s.a. "recent research has shown that this intervention might
be dangerous to older participants."
4) Place "OK" and test out your new blue highlighted keyword.

BINGO!!!

A few comments here:

You must first insert a bookmark at the word location ("Why" in your
example).
There is a limit of 256 characters for the screen tip text.
When the mouse is floating over this hyperlink, and if the default options
are on, you will always see the text "CTRL + Click to follow the link".
If you use this and do not want the text to be blue and underlined, change
the Hyperlink style settings to remove the underline and the blue font
colour.


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Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
(e-mail address removed)
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org