Possible to Hide Action Button Tooltip?

[Craig]

Hello. I'm trying to use PowerPoint 2003 for a touch-screen kiosk
application. Is it possible to hide or prevent the display of the action
button tooltip that appears when the cursor is over the action button? The
tooltip blocks a portion of the screen and displays the filename of the file
opened by the action button, which is distracting and unsightly for the
purposes of running a self-serve kiosk presentation.

Here's what I've done so far: I created a simple two-slide presentation
which I saved as a PowerPoint Show (.PPS) file. Each slide has a transparent
full-screen action button over it, with an OnClick action that launches a
separate PowerPoint Show file. When the separate PowerPoint Show ends, the
user is returned to the original two-slide show. Basically, I want to enable
the user to choose what presentation they want to view.

Everything works great, with the exception of the distracting tooltips that
appear over the action buttons on the original two-slide show. I know that
that will be a deal-breaker for my boss. Is there any way to suppress the
display of this tooltip, or are there other alternatives for dealing with
this?

Thanks!

Craig

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

You can edit the hyperlink to change the tool tip that appears. I don't
think you can eliminate it entirely, but if you change it to a single
space or period, it won't be as annoying.
--David

 

[John Wilson]

As David says. (You may have to not use an action button but just a shape)
But as he says you can't get it shorter than a space and if you have a very
picky boss (No Trish not you ..)

The only complete answer I've found is to use a little programme called
alpha XP. It's got a free trial and anyway it's really cheap. You can use it
to make tips 100% transparent.

You may have to work at it for a while. I found that setting Control Panel >
System > Advanced > Performance to best performance (eliminates shadows from
tips) helped then it's not at first obvious that Alpha XP needs to be open in
the background. In the end though I got no tips at all.
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[Enric Mañas]

Craig,

are there other alternatives for dealing with this?

Is the Viewer "an alternative"?

;-)

Test it in the Viewer...

Very cordialmente

Enric

 

[John Wilson]

Neat trick Enric

I'll remember that one!
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Craig,

are there other alternatives for dealing with this?

Is the Viewer "an alternative"?

;-)

Test it in the Viewer...

Very cordialmente

Enric
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Enric Mañas [PowerPoint MVP]

Hello. I'm trying to use PowerPoint 2003 for a touch-screen kiosk
application. Is it possible to hide or prevent the display of the action
button tooltip that appears when the cursor is over the action button?
The
tooltip blocks a portion of the screen and displays the filename of the
file
opened by the action button, which is distracting and unsightly for the
purposes of running a self-serve kiosk presentation.

Here's what I've done so far: I created a simple two-slide presentation
which I saved as a PowerPoint Show (.PPS) file. Each slide has a
transparent
full-screen action button over it, with an OnClick action that launches a
separate PowerPoint Show file. When the separate PowerPoint Show ends,
the
user is returned to the original two-slide show. Basically, I want to
enable
the user to choose what presentation they want to view.

Everything works great, with the exception of the distracting tooltips
that
appear over the action buttons on the original two-slide show. I know
that
that will be a deal-breaker for my boss. Is there any way to suppress the
display of this tooltip, or are there other alternatives for dealing with
this?

Thanks!

Craig

 

[Craig]

Enric,

I'll try that! Maybe that'll do the trick, not to mention freeing up an
Office license that could be put to better use elsewhere (the kiosk has a
license for Office 2003 Professional, when all it really needs is PowerPoint.
It'd be nice to have an actual Office installation on there in case a quick
edit is needed, but it's even nicer to not have to allocate a license!)

I'll post back when I get a chance to test this.

 

[Enric Mañas]

;-)

Usually I would like that the Viewer behaves as PowerPoint... this is one
"feature" I would like to see in PowerPoint... someday...

Very cordialmente

Enric
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Enric Mañas [PowerPoint MVP]

Neat trick Enric

I'll remember that one!
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Craig,

are there other alternatives for dealing with this?

Is the Viewer "an alternative"?

;-)

Test it in the Viewer...

Very cordialmente

Enric
--
Enric Mañas [PowerPoint MVP]

Hello. I'm trying to use PowerPoint 2003 for a touch-screen kiosk
application. Is it possible to hide or prevent the display of the
action
button tooltip that appears when the cursor is over the action button?
The
tooltip blocks a portion of the screen and displays the filename of the
file
opened by the action button, which is distracting and unsightly for the
purposes of running a self-serve kiosk presentation.

Here's what I've done so far: I created a simple two-slide
presentation
which I saved as a PowerPoint Show (.PPS) file. Each slide has a
transparent
full-screen action button over it, with an OnClick action that launches
a
separate PowerPoint Show file. When the separate PowerPoint Show ends,
the
user is returned to the original two-slide show. Basically, I want to
enable
the user to choose what presentation they want to view.

Everything works great, with the exception of the distracting tooltips
that
appear over the action buttons on the original two-slide show. I know
that
that will be a deal-breaker for my boss. Is there any way to suppress
the
display of this tooltip, or are there other alternatives for dealing
with
this?

Thanks!

Craig

 

[Enric Mañas]

Craig,

not to mention freeing up an Office license

two birds with one stone?

;-)

Then... It will cost you twice "our usual rate"...

;-)

Very cordialmente

Enric