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# Turning Extended Tips On and Off

\<emph\>Extended tips\</emph\> provide a brief description of the function of a particular icon, text box or menu command when you rest your cursor on that item.

### To turn Extended Tips on and off:

- Choose LibreOffice - PreferencesTools - Options - LibreOffice - General, and check Extended tips.

  A check mark indicates that the extended tips are activated.

### To turn Extended Tips on temporarily:

- Press the shortcut keys Shift+F1 to activate extended tips once.

  A question mark appears beside the mouse pointer. You can move this \<emph\>Help Mouse Pointer\</emph\> over all controls, icons and menu commands to obtain a description of the command. The \<emph\>Help Mouse Pointer\</emph\> is disabled the next time you click the mouse.

נושאים קשורים

The LibreOffice Help Window