Article ID: 263148
Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007
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:
- On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Advanced tab.
- Click to select the Run in developer mode check box.
- 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.
- Select the shape that you want.
- On the Insert menu, click Comment (or Edit Comment).
- In the Comment dialog box, type the text, and then click OK.
Method 2: Add Comment Text Directly to the ShapeSheet
- Select the shape that you want.
- On the Window menu, click Show Shapesheet.
- Scroll down to the Miscellaneous section in the ShapeSheet.
- Select the Comment field.
- Type text in between the quotation marks ("") within the formula bar.
- Press ENTER.
- Close the ShapeSheet.
To enable Comment ScreenTips in yellow and set Visio to display comments in ScreenTips for the drawing window, follow these steps:
- On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab.
- In the Enable ScreenTips section, click to select the check box next to Drawing Window.
- 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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