Online browsers were where ScreenTips, a handy little feature, originally appeared. When your mouse hovers over a link on a Web page, you’ve probably used your mouse to cause a small box with the link’s address to display. Moreover, Word contains these ToolTips, also referred to as ScreenTips. This article takes you through how to insert a screen tip in word online.
There are two methods to insert a screen tip in word. The first method is by inserting a hyperlink and the second is by inserting an endnote. To insert a hyperlink select the text > Go to insert > and click on Hyperlink. To add an endnote select the text > go to the insert tab > and insert end note.
What is a screen tip in a word?
In the Word user interface, a screen tip is a little pop-up box that appears when your mouse is over a button or icon. A brief explanation of the button’s or icon’s purpose is given in the screen tip.
Screen tips can be helpful for rapidly determining the function of a button or command in Word, especially if you are unfamiliar with the program or a specific feature. Additional information about a button or function that may not be immediately clear from its icon or label can also be found in screen tips.
Move your mouse over the button or icon you wish to learn more about in Word to view a screen tip.
How to add a screen tip to a hyperlink in Word?
- Choose the text to which you wish to add a ScreenTip first.
- Next, select the “Insert” tab.
- Select “Hyperlink” from the “Links” group.
- Now, enter the text you want to be displayed as your ScreenTip in the window labeled “Set Hyperlink ScreenTip.”
- Hit the OK button when you’re done.
- You will be back at the Insert Hyperlink window.
- To move on, click the OK button.
How to add a screen tip in word without hyperlinks?
There are two methods of adding screen tips to the Word document you are working on. The first one is by using hyperlinks and the second one is by adding end notes to the document. This section explores how to add a screen tip using endnotes.
- Click where you want to insert the ScreenTip.
- Then, from the top panel, click the “References” tab
- From the options click on “Insert Endnote”
- You will now notice that a new section has developed at the page’s conclusion.
- The Endnote section is here.
- You can type the ScreenTip text into the Endnote section. Your text will now appear when you hover over the number associated with the ScreenTip you created.
- Similarly, you are free to include as many ScreenTips as you like as endnotes. A Greek numeral will be associated with each endnote.
- Select the Greek numeral associated with an endnote first if you want to conceal it. Then, select the Font color button by clicking the Home tab in the top panel. If you select the color white, your endnote will no longer be visible.
- You can still hover over the number to see your ScreenTip even though it is not visible.
- Additionally, you are free to move the EndNotes section to the following page so that you can print the current page without the EndNotes section.
- To move the endnote section to the next page, all you need to do is press the CTRL + ENTER keys.
How to add Screen tip in Word for Windows?
There are three methods in windows to insert Screen tip. You can do it by adding a hyperlink to the document. It can also be done by inserting end notes and lastly by using keyboard shortcuts. Here is how to insert a screen tip using all the methods.
Adding a screen tip in Windows using hyperlinks
- Choose the text to which you wish to add a ScreenTip first.
- Select the “Insert” tab.
- Select “Hyperlink” from the “Links” group.
- You have the choice to link the chosen text to a web URL in addition to adding the ScreenTip. But doing so is voluntary.
- Click the ScreenTip button after filling out the Address textbox.
- Now, enter the text you want to be displayed as your ScreenTip in the window labeled “Set Hyperlink ScreenTip.” Hit the OK button when you’re done.
- You will be back at the Insert Hyperlink window. To move on, click the OK button.
Inserting a screen tip to windows using Endnotes
Here are the steps you can follow to add a screen tip to Word using endnotes
- Click where you want to insert the ScreenTip.
- From the top panel, click the “References” tab and the “Insert Endnote” button
- You will now notice that a new section has developed at the bottom of the page. The Endnote section is here
- You can type the ScreenTip text into the Endnote section. Your text will now appear when you hover over the number associated with the ScreenTip you created.
- Similarly, you are free to include as many ScreenTips as you like as endnotes. A Greek numeral will be associated with each endnote.
- Select the Greek numeral associated with an endnote first if you want to conceal it. Then, select the Font color button by clicking the Home tab in the top panel. If you select the color white, your endnote will no longer be visible.
- You can still hover over the number to see your ScreenTip despite the fact that it is not visible.
- Additionally, you are free to move the EndNotes section to the following page so that you can print the current page without the EndNotes section.
- To move the endnote section to the next page, all you need to do is press the CTRL + ENTER keys.
Adding screen tips to Word on Windows using the keyboard
- Press Ctrl + K and it displays the Insert Hyperlink dialog box.
- You have the choice to link the chosen text to a web URL in addition to adding the ScreenTip. But doing so is voluntary.
- Click the ScreenTip button after filling out the Address textbox.
- Now, enter the text you want to be displayed as your ScreenTip in the window labeled “Set Hyperlink ScreenTip.” Hit the OK button when you’re done.
- You will be back at the Insert Hyperlink window. To move on, click the OK button.
How to add a Screen tip in Word for Mac?
If you have a Mac desktop or laptop here is how you can add screen tips to Word
- Open the document you would like to work on
- Select the text that needs to be hyperlinked
- Click on Insert in the top ribbon of the document
- Under the Links section Click on Link. You will have a popup window.
- Insert the hyperlink in the box
- Click on Screen tip you will have another popup window
- Add the screen tip text that you would like to display
- Click on OK. You will now be redirected to the hyperlink popup
- Click on OK to save the changes
How to insert a screen tip in word online on Mac using the keyboard?
Here is the keyboard shortcut that can be used to insert screen tips into your document.
- Press Ctrl + K and it displays the Insert Hyperlink dialog box.
- You have the choice to link the chosen text to a web URL in addition to adding the ScreenTip. But doing so is voluntary.
- Click the ScreenTip button after filling out the Address textbox.
- Now, enter the text you want to be displayed as your ScreenTip in the window labeled “Set Hyperlink ScreenTip.” Hit the OK button when you’re done.
- You will be back at the Insert Hyperlink window. To move on, click the OK button.
In conclusion
This article looked at how to insert a screen tip in word online. It also explored the different ways to add screen tips to word documents on Windows as well as Mac. Lastly, the tutorial gave a brief about keyboard shortcuts that can be used to insert screen tips into documents.
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