Is anybody aware of other software conflicting with Access and
disabling the tool tips. I've had this problem in the past and now
have it again after rebuilding my desktop and notebook. Both fail to
display tooltips in Access. Windows tooltips display OK.

For a given database, the tooltips in Access also display OK on a third
machine, which makes me think that some other software that I have
installed on the first 2 machines is causing the problem.
Any help would be appreciated.

Hi Wayne:

Try using the "Bring to Front" from the Format menu for each item that
contains a tooltip that is not visible. This occurrs sometimes when you
add rectangles and other items to your form.

Hope this helps.

EM


Wayne wrote:

Thanks for the reply but this isn't causing the problem. It's
definitely related to the 2 machines in question because the database
shows tooltips fine on a third machine. The 2 machines giving problems
have identical software installed and I think one of the applications
must have changed something when it was installed and wrecked my Access
tooltips.

If I don't get an answer from the group, the only way that I can see of
pinpointing which application it is that's causing the problem (if this
theory is correct) is to install each app one at a time on to the third
machine and see which one wrecks the tooltips.

I wouldn't worry about any of this, except that somebody at MS has
decided that we need the default tooltip of "Find Next" on every newly
created button in a database. If I can't see the tooltips it's easy to
miss deleting some of these. If there is any way of turning the
default off, I'd sure love to hear about it. This, and the message
that always asks if I'm sure that I want to delete a graphic from a
button, when I've just indicated that that is exactly what I want to
do, are 2 of my pet peeves when designing forms in Access.

"Wayne" <cqdigital (AT) volcanomail (DOT) com> wrote in
news:1104727195.457883.238340 (AT) f14g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com:

form in design view. select the command button, and open the
properties menu. Find the tooltip Text line on the Other tab and
clear out that line. I'll bet that it reads 'find next'

As to deleting graphics, why put them there in the first place?



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