Thanks, It's just what I needed.

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Try this:

From the Excel main menu:
<tools<customize<options tab
Check: Show screen tips on toolbars

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"dejodatu" wrote:

In Excel when I roll over the icons or buttons in the toolbars the box
displaying the information about the icon or button does not appear. Is this
a function that can be turned on and off?