Can screen tips be formatted?

[Vincent Pozon]

Am trying to make an interactive tutorial and would like the trainee to
explore one slide, mouse over an item, and get an explanation.

Is there a way to format screen tips, make them larger, easier to work with?

Or is there a work around using animation? Make a text box appear then
disappear if the mouse is moved away?

Thanks.

Vincent Pozon

 

[Sonia]

The way to modify screen tips is rather round about. See tip #16 at
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/quicktricks.htm.

 

[Vincent Pozon]

Ah, yes. Thank you. Very much.

Vincent

 

[Brian Reilly, MS MVP]

Vincent, In addition to Sonia's suggestion, a little VBA could also do
the trick.

Option Explicit

Sub ShowHide()
ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(1).Visible = Not _
ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(1).Visible
End Sub

Assign that to a mouseover or mouseclick of some other shape.

Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP