How do I create the "TOOLTIPS" effect in a presentation

[w.b. wilson]

I am trying to create the "tool tip" information feature in a powerpoint
application for the objects on the slides. The objective is to provide
information to the user during an interactive slideshow. As the user
places the mouse cursor over an object, the "tool tip" style box should
appear with a brief description. I have tried using VBA code in
conjunction with macros, but cannot duplicate the "tool tip" effect.

Any suggestions?

Please E-Mail at br...@flash.net.

Thanks.

[Geoff Bennett]

w.b. wilson wrote:
W.B.,

Tried the same thing without success.

As you may know already, Powerpoint 97 includes the "mouse over" event,
and in theory this would allow you to move to a slide where your tip was
located as a text box. This technique doesn't scale for a large menu,
as you can imagine. AND, there is no explicit "mouse move off" event to
make the tip box "disappear".

You CAN do this in "real" Visual Basic (as opposed to the buggy VBA in
Powerpoint 97). Microsoft, PLEASE give us the Viewer as a VB plug-in.

If you just want a simple menu with floating tip boxes, I used a package
called Corel Click&Create, which does support these "rollover" events.
Packages like Macromedia Director support this too but they are WICKEDLY
expensive.

The problem is that C&C is bitmap-oriented and Powerpoint is
"screen-oriented". However, I can use C&C to call the Powerpoint viewer
from my main menu. Once in the Powerpoint slides, I can't use the
"floating tips".

Try visiting Macromedia's Flash2 site. You can pull down a 30-day trial
version. The tutorials on the package are excellent and Im pretty sure
it'll support these rollover events. Flash is more reasonably priced
than Director.

DISCLAIMER: I don't work for (or own stock) in any of these companies.
My heart aches when I'm forced to use another package than Powerpoint
just because some intellectually challenged dork at M'soft forgot to do
some market research.

Cheers,
Geoff