Thanks Jim. How would I display a message box when a particular cell is
double clicked?


"Jim Cone" wrote in message
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Bill,

I don't think there is a "best" way to create custom help for Excel.

John Walkenbach has one way here...
http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip51.htm

Another way would be to display a message when a particular cell
is double clicked.
Also, the MsgBox function has the ability to display help.
Yes, you can assign code to key strokes, see the OnKey method.

As far as the built-in Excel help goes, I feel Microsoft "improved"
help by making it harder to use and slower to respond.
Compare XL 97 help to recent versions to see what I mean.

Regards,
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware


"Bill Jensen"
wrote in message


Is there any way to have a popup window appear when the user presses F3
(or
some other F key)? I am trying to create some help capability for my
users.

Comments are useful but they interfere with the Validation windows for the
same cell.

I have written Winhelp files for Access but now I neex to know the best
way
to create "custom help" for an Excel workbook.

Any general guidance would be appreciated.

Bill