QuickInfo (popup) for endnotes doesn't work

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Usually if you roll the mouse pointer over the place in a document where you
have inserted an endnote, a small popup box (QuickInfo) appears with the text
of the endnote. This is very unreliable. Sometimes it works, sometimes
nothing happens.
- What does this depend on?
- How can I force the box to appear?
Many thanks for any tips!
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Re: QuickInfo (popup) for endnotes doesn't work by Suzanne

Suzanne
Mon Apr 18 11:08:37 CDT 2005

There was a bug in (I think) Word 2002 that caused this. The very low-tech
workaround (and the only known solution) is to display and then hide the
Document Map. It is necessary to do this once for each document every time
you open it.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"dgloster" <dgloster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2830268F-02D9-45CA-A518-D0961802E952@microsoft.com...
> Usually if you roll the mouse pointer over the place in a document where
you
> have inserted an endnote, a small popup box (QuickInfo) appears with the
text
> of the endnote. This is very unreliable. Sometimes it works, sometimes
> nothing happens.
> - What does this depend on?
> - How can I force the box to appear?
> Many thanks for any tips!

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Re: QuickInfo (popup) for endnotes doesn't work by dgloster

dgloster
Tue Apr 19 02:45:02 CDT 2005

Thanks for the reply, Suzanne. I don't know what a document map is or whether
the displaying and hiding can be automated. The problem exists in a lot of
documents that are being made available for download on the Internet. I can't
expect every user to know what to do. Looks like I have to live without the
popups.
David G., Munich, Germany

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> There was a bug in (I think) Word 2002 that caused this. The very low-tech
> workaround (and the only known solution) is to display and then hide the
> Document Map. It is necessary to do this once for each document every time
> you open it.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "dgloster" <dgloster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2830268F-02D9-45CA-A518-D0961802E952@microsoft.com...
> > Usually if you roll the mouse pointer over the place in a document where
> you
> > have inserted an endnote, a small popup box (QuickInfo) appears with the
> text
> > of the endnote. This is very unreliable. Sometimes it works, sometimes
> > nothing happens.
> > - What does this depend on?
> > - How can I force the box to appear?
> > Many thanks for any tips!
>
>
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Re: QuickInfo (popup) for endnotes doesn't work by Suzanne

Suzanne
Tue Apr 19 08:33:31 CDT 2005

There should be a button for the Document Map on your Standard toolbar. If
not, use View | Document Map. And of course, in all versions, users must
have "ScreenTips" checked on the View tab of Tools | Options in order to see
ScreenTips of any kind. While display of the DM can be automated, I don't
think you want to further confuse users by adding a macro (which at best
will trigger a warning and at worst won't work at all) to a document.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"dgloster" <dgloster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:989DD63D-947F-45F4-A453-BB394315367F@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply, Suzanne. I don't know what a document map is or
whether
> the displaying and hiding can be automated. The problem exists in a lot of
> documents that are being made available for download on the Internet. I
can't
> expect every user to know what to do. Looks like I have to live without
the
> popups.
> David G., Munich, Germany
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > There was a bug in (I think) Word 2002 that caused this. The very
low-tech
> > workaround (and the only known solution) is to display and then hide the
> > Document Map. It is necessary to do this once for each document every
time
> > you open it.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "dgloster" <dgloster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2830268F-02D9-45CA-A518-D0961802E952@microsoft.com...
> > > Usually if you roll the mouse pointer over the place in a document
where
> > you
> > > have inserted an endnote, a small popup box (QuickInfo) appears with
the
> > text
> > > of the endnote. This is very unreliable. Sometimes it works, sometimes
> > > nothing happens.
> > > - What does this depend on?
> > > - How can I force the box to appear?
> > > Many thanks for any tips!
> >
> >

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