OwnHelp Property

Applies To

FormField object.

Description

Specifies the source of the text that's displayed in a message box when a form field has the focus and the user presses F1 (Windows) or COMMAND+/ or HELP (Macintosh). If True, the text specified by the HelpText property is displayed. If False, the text in the AutoText entry specified by the HelpText property is displayed. Read/write Boolean.

See Also

HelpText property.

Example

This example sets the help text for first form field in current section to the contents of the AutoText entry named "Sample."

With Selection.Sections(1).Range.FormFields(1)
    .OwnHelp = False
    .HelpText = "Sample"
End With