Article ID: 178179
Article Last Modified on 8/19/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q178179
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if you move the mouse pointer over a cell that
contains a hyperlink, the ToolTip you created for the hyperlink may not
appear.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if you insert a comment into the same cell as the
hyperlink. Comments have priority over hyperlink ToolTips; therefore, only
the comment appears when you move the pointer over the cell.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, add the text that would normally appear in
the hyperlink ToolTip to the comment. To do this, follow these steps:
- Select the cell. Note that because the cell contains a hyperlink, you
cannot click the cell to select it. Instead, select an adjacent cell,
and then use the arrow keys on the keyboard to select the cell.
- On the Insert menu, click Edit Comment.
- Add the hyperlink ToolTip text to the comment.
- When you are done, select any other cell in the worksheet to enter
the changes to the comment.
STATUS
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 97 and Excel 98 Macintosh
Edition.
Additional query words: XL97 XL
Keywords: kbprb KB178179