In Word 2000 there was an icon with a question mark on the Standard Tool Bar.
Once clicked, a question mark was attached to the cursor. One could click
anywhere to find out what an icon or menu item was or to reveal formatting on
text. I know that Word XP/2003 has a Reveal Formatting Task Pane, but how
would you find out what an unknown icon does?

Thanks,

Unfortunately, it was decided to remove context-sensitive help in Word 2003.
You are far from the only user who misses it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Kokomojo" wrote in message
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In Word 2000 there was an icon with a question mark on the Standard Tool
Bar.
Once clicked, a question mark was attached to the cursor. One could
click
anywhere to find out what an icon or menu item was or to reveal formatting
on
text. I know that Word XP/2003 has a Reveal Formatting Task Pane, but how
would you find out what an unknown icon does?

Thanks,

Thank you Susan. My students will be disappointed as well.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Unfortunately, it was decided to remove context-sensitive help in Word 2003.
You are far from the only user who misses it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Kokomojo" wrote in message
...
In Word 2000 there was an icon with a question mark on the Standard Tool
Bar.
Once clicked, a question mark was attached to the cursor. One could
click
anywhere to find out what an icon or menu item was or to reveal formatting
on
text. I know that Word XP/2003 has a Reveal Formatting Task Pane, but how
would you find out what an unknown icon does?

Thanks,

I am hoping it may be restored in some form or fashion in the next version
of Word.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Kokomojo" wrote in message
...
Thank you Susan. My students will be disappointed as well.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Unfortunately, it was decided to remove context-sensitive help in Word
2003.
You are far from the only user who misses it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Kokomojo" wrote in message
...
In Word 2000 there was an icon with a question mark on the Standard
Tool
Bar.
Once clicked, a question mark was attached to the cursor. One could
click
anywhere to find out what an icon or menu item was or to reveal
formatting
on
text. I know that Word XP/2003 has a Reveal Formatting Task Pane, but
how
would you find out what an unknown icon does?

Thanks,