Do you mean menu buttons or toolbar buttons? If the latter, go into
ViewToolbarsCustomize, select the Options tab, and make sure that the
ShowScreenTips on Toolbars box is checked.

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"Bill Tasker" wrote in message
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When I drag the mouse arrow over menu buttons, no description appears.
This
used tohappen but I ddnt change anything I was aware of.