Microsoft KB Archive/263148

= Visio2000: ShapeSheet: How to Create ScreenTips Comments for Shapes =

Article ID: 263148

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition

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SUMMARY
This article contains information about how to add ScreenTip comments (mouse-over-text) to shapes. It shows you how to do this through the user interface and by using the ShapeSheet.

To display the ShapeSheet of a shape, select the shape, and then click Show ShapeSheet on the Window menu. You can also enable developer mode to have right-click access to the Show ShapeSheet command. To have right-click access to the Show ShapeSheet command, follow these steps:


 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Advanced tab.
 * 2) Click to select the Run in developer mode check box.
 * 3) Click OK.

Right-click any shape, and note that the shortcut menu now contains the Show ShapeSheet command.



MORE INFORMATION
Use one of the following methods to add ScreenTip comments to a shape in your drawing.

Method 1: Use Insert Comment to Add Comment Text
This method uses the Visio user interface to add comment text to a shape's ShapeSheet.


 * 1) Select the shape that you want.
 * 2) On the Insert menu, click Comment (or Edit Comment).
 * 3) In the Comment dialog box, type the text, and then click OK.

Method 2: Add Comment Text Directly to the ShapeSheet

 * 1) Select the shape that you want.
 * 2) On the Window menu, click Show Shapesheet.
 * 3) Scroll down to the Miscellaneous section in the ShapeSheet.
 * 4) Select the Comment field.
 * 5) Type text in between the quotation marks (&quot;&quot;) within the formula bar.
 * 6) Press ENTER.
 * 7) Close the ShapeSheet.

To enable Comment ScreenTips in yellow and set Visio to display comments in ScreenTips for the drawing window, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab.
 * 2) In the Enable ScreenTips section, click to select the check box next to Drawing Window.
 * 3) Click OK.

To see a shape's comment text, rest the mouse pointer on the shape and the text should appear just below the mouse pointer.

NOTE: If the shape contains a hyperlink, when you rest the mouse pointer on the shape, the hyperlink appears instead of the shape comment.

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