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ToolTip Feature
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Why does the ToolTip disappear?
ToolTip Feature
The Office 97 programs; Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, have a ToolTip feature. When you put the mouse pointer on a button in the toolbar, the text displayed in the light yellow box that explains what that particular button does, is called a ToolTip. Sometimes the ToolTip is not displayed, even though the mouse pointer is on the button. This happens when you hit Esc and point to a button on the toolbar with the mouse. For example, if you point to the left justify button, and hit Esc, the ToolTip will not appear. Now try it again, without hitting esc, and the ToolTip will appear.
