Displaying Tooltips and Help Messages

This task explains how to display tooltips and the corresponding help messages.
  • Point to an icon.

The tooltip is displayed in a small box, with the corresponding message in the status bar.

You can switch tooltip display on or off by selecting or clearing the Tooltips check box in the Options tab. This tab can be accessed either by selecting Tools > Customize or by right-clicking any toolbar then selecting Customize... .
Note that you have to restart a session to take the new settings into account.