helpText property

FormField.helpText property

Returns or sets the text that’s displayed in a message box when the form field has the focus and the user presses F1.

get helpText(): string

Remarks

If the FormField.ownHelp property is set to true, FormField.helpText specifies the text string value. If FormField.ownHelp is set to false, FormField.helpText specifies the name of an AutoText entry that contains help text for the form field.

Microsoft Word allows strings with at most 255 characters.

See Also

FormField.exitMacro property FormField.isCheckBoxExactSize property