Pop up boxes

[David]

Hello everyone,
Is it possible in Word to create boxes that pop-up whenever someone
hovers their mouse over a drawn object such as a text box? I'm making a flow
chart...sort of... and would like users to be able to see additional
information by hovering over a text box.

 

[Lene Fredborg]

I don’t know of any way that you can do this for a text box or other drawing
item as such. However, if you have text in the drawing items, you can take
advantage of AutoTextList fields (courtesey MVP Jay Freedman).

AutoTextList fields are normally used to create drop-down lists in documents
but if you follow the instructions below, you will have a field with no
drop-down list – but the field will still show a screentip (an attribute of
an AutoTextList field) when you hover the mouse over the field text (provided
ScreenTips are enabled). Do as follows:

1. Press Ctrl+F9 to insert a set of field braces (cannot be typed using
normal characters).

2. Between the braces, type:

AutoTextList "text to display in the field" \s NoStyle \t "screen tip text"

Instead of "text to display in the field" and "screen tip text", type the
desired text. The ScreenTip can hold up to 255 characters.

3. Press F9 to update the field (if this does not toggle field codes, press
Alt+F9).

If a user who use your document has field shading set to “Alwaysâ€, the
display text will be shown with gray shading on the screen (Word 2003 or
earlier: Tools > Options > View tab > Field shading > Always). The gray
shading does not print.

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Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Using a macrobutton field, you could get a message box to appear if they
clicked on the object.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP