Displaying text with Screentip

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William Aris

The solution worked very well.
Thank you.
Is there any way of formatting the text in the Screentip
like one can do with the text boxes? I would like to
centre a line, then start a new line with columns of
information.
Like this:

Changes to Date ($'000s)
Additions Deletions Upgrades
$2435.7 $3486.3 $4321.7
 
The screentip screen text formatting and coloring are independent system
setting. They can be changed using the following click path:
Start | Control Panel | Display | Appearance | Advanced | Item | Tooltip
and then adjust the font, size, and colors to suit.

These changed settings will only apply to that individual machine, they will
not transport with the presentation.


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But what the screen tip doesn't allow is centering, using line breaks, and
formatting columns. I'm pretty sure that is what William would like to be
able to do.
 
This kind of formatting is possible with a little bit of VBA code. For instance, you can do the following
1. Select the shape
2. Select "Tools" | "Macro..." | "Visual Basic Editor" menu item. You would be presented with Visual Basic Editor
3. Select "View" | "Immediate Window" menu item
4. Copy the line below in the "Immediate" pane. Note that the line would probably wrap here but in the Immediate pane, you should copy those pieces in a single line. (Also, don't copy the "---" markers
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ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange(1).ActionSettings(ppMouseClick).Hyperlink.ScreenTip = " Changes to Date ($'000s)" + vbcrlf + "Additions Deletions Upgrades" + vbcrlf + "$2435.7 $3486.3 $4321.7
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5. In the Immediate pane, click on the above line and press <Enter>
6. Close the Visual Basic Editor

I hope this helps

- Chira

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