F1 tooltip and online-help
Tooltips are an important feature in Code VBA:
- The title summarizes the object or method;
- If available, press F1 to open the web page with more information (generally Office VBA documentation);
- If applicable, it shows what code will be inserted.
Activating the tooltip
There are two ways to make the tooltip visible:
- Hovering a menu item - assuming you have the preference 'Show Tooltip on Mouse Hover'.
- Give the menu item you want to have info on the focus using the keyboard's access keys and arrows, followed by pressing F1
Preference
If you the constant appearance of tooltips not helpful you can un-checking the preference 'Show Tooltip on Mouse Hover'.
Press F1 for Help
Press F1 will in most cases direct you to the Microsoft documentation.