<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. * * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. * * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed * with this work for additional information regarding copyright * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . --> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsharedguideactive_help_on_offxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Turning Extended Tips On and Off</title> <filename>/text/shared/guide/active_help_on_off.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> </history> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156414"><bookmark_value>Help; extended tips on/off</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>extended tips in Help</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>tips;extended tips in Help</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>tooltips;extended tips</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>activating;extended help tips</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156414" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="active_help_on_off"><link href="text/shared/guide/active_help_on_off.xhp" name="Turning Extended Tips On and Off">Turning Extended Tips On and Off</link> </variable></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3157958" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Extended tips</emph> provide a brief description of the function of a particular icon, text box or menu command when you rest your cursor on that item.</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155339" xml-lang="en-US" level="3">To turn Extended Tips on and off:</paragraph> <list type="unordered"> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154823" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - %PRODUCTNAME - General</emph>, and check <emph>Extended tips</emph>.</paragraph> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149398" xml-lang="en-US">A check mark indicates that the extended tips are activated.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149811" xml-lang="en-US" level="3">To turn Extended Tips on temporarily:</paragraph> <list type="unordered"> <listitem> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153541" xml-lang="en-US">Press the shortcut keys Shift+F1 to activate extended tips once.</paragraph> <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153825" xml-lang="en-US">A question mark appears beside the mouse pointer. You can move this <emph>Help Mouse Pointer</emph> over all controls, icons and menu commands to obtain a description of the command. The <emph>Help Mouse Pointer</emph> is disabled the next time you click the mouse.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <section id="relatedtopics"> <embed href="text/shared/05/00000110.xhp#00000110"/> </section> </body> </helpdocument>