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I have a spreadsheet which contains unique forms - one for each department.
The first sheet is a Menu that the Departments use to select 'their' form. I
inserted a symbol - checkmark - which, upon clicking, hyperlinks them to the
desired form. When the cursor hovers over the checkmark, a quasi-validation
messge appears with the complete file address, and "click once to follow.
Click and hold to select this cell"

How do I get rid of this message? I certainly didn't put it there, and
would not want it showing. I've checked Data, Validation, clear all (there
was nothing in the message box to clear). Right clicking on the check symbol
cell doesn't give me any logical options.

Any ideas??

TIA,

Carole O
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AFAIK, you can't remove it completely, but you can change it:

Right-click on the cell with the hyperlink
Choose Edit Hyperlink
Click on the ScreenTip button
Type a Screen tip, or type a space character, for a blank tip
Click OK, click OK

Carole O wrote:
Excel 2003

I have a spreadsheet which contains unique forms - one for each department.
The first sheet is a Menu that the Departments use to select 'their' form. I
inserted a symbol - checkmark - which, upon clicking, hyperlinks them to the
desired form. When the cursor hovers over the checkmark, a quasi-validation
messge appears with the complete file address, and "click once to follow.
Click and hold to select this cell"

How do I get rid of this message? I certainly didn't put it there, and
would not want it showing. I've checked Data, Validation, clear all (there
was nothing in the message box to clear). Right clicking on the check symbol
cell doesn't give me any logical options.

Any ideas??

TIA,

Carole O



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Carole O
 
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Thanks, Debra - A little box is better than what I was getting!!

Any way MS can eliminate this 'feature'?

Carole O



"Debra Dalgleish" wrote:

AFAIK, you can't remove it completely, but you can change it:

Right-click on the cell with the hyperlink
Choose Edit Hyperlink
Click on the ScreenTip button
Type a Screen tip, or type a space character, for a blank tip
Click OK, click OK

Carole O wrote:
Excel 2003

I have a spreadsheet which contains unique forms - one for each department.
The first sheet is a Menu that the Departments use to select 'their' form. I
inserted a symbol - checkmark - which, upon clicking, hyperlinks them to the
desired form. When the cursor hovers over the checkmark, a quasi-validation
messge appears with the complete file address, and "click once to follow.
Click and hold to select this cell"

How do I get rid of this message? I certainly didn't put it there, and
would not want it showing. I've checked Data, Validation, clear all (there
was nothing in the message box to clear). Right clicking on the check symbol
cell doesn't give me any logical options.

Any ideas??

TIA,

Carole O



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Debra Dalgleish
Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html


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