Microsoft KB Archive/183425

= OFF98: No Help Text Appears in Status Bar for Menu Items =

Article ID: 183425

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q183425



SYMPTOMS
In the programs listed at the beginning of this article, no information about a menu item appears in the status bar when you point to the item on a menu.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior and view Help for a particular menu item, click Show Balloons on the Help menu. Then, point to a menu item.

A balloon appears and displays information for the menu item.



MORE INFORMATION
In the programs included in earlier versions of Microsoft Office, a brief description that summarizes the functionality of the menu item appears in the status bar when you point to an item on a menu.

For example, in Microsoft Excel 5.0, if you point to Open on the File menu, the following text appears in the status bar:

Opens saved document

In Microsoft Office 98 programs, no text appears in the status bar when you point to an item on a menu. This functionality is not available in any of the Microsoft Office 98 programs.

Additional query words: OFF98 XL98 WD98 PP98 statusbar

Keywords: kbprb KB183425

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