Find Out What’s on the Screen

When you’re not sure what an item you see on the screen is or what it does, display a ScreenTip, which offers a brief explanation. ScreenTips are available for commands, items in dialog boxes, screen areas such as scroll bars, and toolbar buttons.

Question mark button

When you’re working in a dialog box, display ScreenTips by clicking the question mark button in the dialog box and then clicking the item you want to know about. When a dialog box is not displayed, you can display ScreenTips by clicking What’s This? (Help menu) and then clicking an item on the screen.

Want to close a ScreenTip or remove the question mark from the mouse pointer?   Press ESC, or click the Help button or the question mark button again. What’s the difference between ScreenTips and toolbar ScreenTips?   Toolbar ScreenTips are one kind of ScreenTip. On by default, toolbar ScreenTips identify the names of toolbar buttons and other elements on the screen. Just rest your pointer over the element and its name will appear. If toolbar ScreenTips aren’t on, click Toolbars (View menu), and then click Customize. On the Options tab, select the Show ScreenTips on Toolbars check box.

Office Assistant button

Want to know more?   Look up Getting Results - Assistance in Help.