How do I insert a ScreenTip for a word without hyperlinking that w

I want to have a ScreenTip definition pop up for visitors to my site who run
their mouse pointers over a technical word. I do not want this word to be
hyperlinked. The word will just be in a different color, not underlined. For
example, the ScreenTip for alopecia would be "hair loss."

The ScreenTips on this site are an example of what I want -
http://www.dermatology.co.uk/phototherapy/uvbtreatment/article/article.asp?ArticleID=1398

Is there a way in the Design mode for doing this, or will I have to work
with HTML code? I'm not proficient in coding.

Ronx
Sat Jan 29 12:57:44 CST 2005

You will need to work in Code/HTML view.
In Design/Normal View highlight the word, then switch to Code/HTML view,
where the word will be highlighted in code.

The word needs to be changed to

<span title="hair loss" style="color:pink">alopecia</span>

Change the colour to suit your design.

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"Tommy Desperate" <TommyDesperate@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I want to have a ScreenTip definition pop up for visitors to my site who
>run
> their mouse pointers over a technical word. I do not want this word to be
> hyperlinked. The word will just be in a different color, not underlined.
> For
> example, the ScreenTip for alopecia would be "hair loss."
>
> The ScreenTips on this site are an example of what I want -
> http://www.dermatology.co.uk/phototherapy/uvbtreatment/article/article.asp?ArticleID=1398
>
> Is there a way in the Design mode for doing this, or will I have to work
> with HTML code? I'm not proficient in coding.

TommyDesperate
Sat Jan 29 14:59:03 CST 2005


Ron,

You gave me a clean description of what to do. I thought this would be an
almost impossible task because I looked at the page source of the example I
gave. The code in that was Byzantine. The code you showed me how to use is
easy and takes only minutes to insert.

Thanks,

Tom

TommyDesperate
Sun Jan 30 14:13:01 CST 2005



"Ronx" wrote:

> You will need to work in Code/HTML view.
> In Design/Normal View highlight the word, then switch to Code/HTML view,
> where the word will be highlighted in code.
>
> The word needs to be changed to
>
> <span title="hair loss" style="color:pink">alopecia</span>

Ron, you solved this problem for me and I now can insert the ScreenTip
easily. Is there a way to save the string of code so that I can use the same
code but with different comments and definitions between the start tag and
the end tag?

I'll be using the ScreenTip several times on the pages of my site. It would
be neat if I could do this in Design view with the Quick Tag Editor. I have
Jim Buyens "FrontPage 2003 Inside Out" book in front of me but can't figure
out if I can use this function for inserting ScreenTips. Jim's 1,200 pages
are sinking me.

Ronx
Mon Jan 31 01:51:50 CST 2005

Since you are reading FrontPage 2003 Inside Out, I assume you are using
FrontPage 2003.

You can get close to what you want using a code snippet.

First create the snippet:
Tools->Page Options - Code Snippets tag
Click Add

Keyword - A single word to recognise the snippet example:
Word_Descriptor
Description - A short sentence to describe what this does, example: Adds a
descriptive tool tip to a word
In the Text box type in:

<span color="pink" title="Replace this with description">|The-word|</span>

Click OK, and OK again to close the dialogues.

(replace the colour with something more suitable). The pipe characters (on
either side of The-word are important.

When you highlight the word you wish to describe, switch to code view and
press Ctrl+Enter, the word will be surrounded by the <span... </span> tags,
you need to then edit the description.

To use the Tag editor you would still have to switch into Code view to
insert the tag in the first place. If you can get the code snippet to work
(the hard part is remembering the keys to press) it will be easy.

You could also use Split view, which shows the code and the design view
simultaneously. The size for the code/design panes can be adjusted with the
mouse.

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"Tommy Desperate" <TommyDesperate@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>
>
> "Ronx" wrote:
>
>> You will need to work in Code/HTML view.
>> In Design/Normal View highlight the word, then switch to Code/HTML view,
>> where the word will be highlighted in code.
>>
>> The word needs to be changed to
>>
>> <span title="hair loss" style="color:pink">alopecia</span>
>
> Ron, you solved this problem for me and I now can insert the ScreenTip
> easily. Is there a way to save the string of code so that I can use the
> same
> code but with different comments and definitions between the start tag and
> the end tag?
>
> I'll be using the ScreenTip several times on the pages of my site. It
> would
> be neat if I could do this in Design view with the Quick Tag Editor. I
> have
> Jim Buyens "FrontPage 2003 Inside Out" book in front of me but can't
> figure
> out if I can use this function for inserting ScreenTips. Jim's 1,200 pages
> are sinking me.
>

Ronx
Mon Jan 31 02:13:15 CST 2005

Correction

<span color="pink" title="Replace this with description">|The-word|</span>

should be

<span style="color: pink" title="Replace this with
description">|The-word|</span>


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"Ronx" <ronx917@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Since you are reading FrontPage 2003 Inside Out, I assume you are using
> FrontPage 2003.
>
> You can get close to what you want using a code snippet.
>
> First create the snippet:
> Tools->Page Options - Code Snippets tag
> Click Add
>
> Keyword - A single word to recognise the snippet example:
> Word_Descriptor
> Description - A short sentence to describe what this does, example: Adds
> a descriptive tool tip to a word
> In the Text box type in:
>
> <span color="pink" title="Replace this with description">|The-word|</span>
>
> Click OK, and OK again to close the dialogues.
>
> (replace the colour with something more suitable). The pipe characters
> (on either side of The-word are important.
>
> When you highlight the word you wish to describe, switch to code view and
> press Ctrl+Enter, the word will be surrounded by the <span... </span>
> tags, you need to then edit the description.
>
> To use the Tag editor you would still have to switch into Code view to
> insert the tag in the first place. If you can get the code snippet to
> work (the hard part is remembering the keys to press) it will be easy.
>
> You could also use Split view, which shows the code and the design view
> simultaneously. The size for the code/design panes can be adjusted with
> the mouse.
>
> --
> Ron Symonds (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
> Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
>
>
> "Tommy Desperate" <TommyDesperate@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:DD237DC3-4DFB-401C-A0F5-FE949368AEAE@microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>> "Ronx" wrote:
>>
>>> You will need to work in Code/HTML view.
>>> In Design/Normal View highlight the word, then switch to Code/HTML view,
>>> where the word will be highlighted in code.
>>>
>>> The word needs to be changed to
>>>
>>> <span title="hair loss" style="color:pink">alopecia</span>
>>
>> Ron, you solved this problem for me and I now can insert the ScreenTip
>> easily. Is there a way to save the string of code so that I can use the
>> same
>> code but with different comments and definitions between the start tag
>> and
>> the end tag?
>>
>> I'll be using the ScreenTip several times on the pages of my site. It
>> would
>> be neat if I could do this in Design view with the Quick Tag Editor. I
>> have
>> Jim Buyens "FrontPage 2003 Inside Out" book in front of me but can't
>> figure
>> out if I can use this function for inserting ScreenTips. Jim's 1,200
>> pages
>> are sinking me.
>>
>
>

TommyDesperate
Mon Jan 31 08:39:07 CST 2005



Thanks Ron,

TheCode Snippet function is what I needed. No more problems - sunny
uplands forever.

Tom