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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
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Subject: Re: Standards for Balloon Help?
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Date: 24 Jun 91 20:45:17 GMT
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In article <18090@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM>, dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) writes:
|> Here's a method in which the flaw is less obvious.  I believe that
|> with "Helium" you move the mouse to an item and then hold down
|> "Command-Option" (or some similar pair of keys) for a second or two,
|> then the help balloon pops up.  However, in Nisus, holding down
|> Command, or Shift, or Option will change some of the menu entries.  I
|> don't have Helium, but I suspect that this will not interact at all
|> well with balloon help for these items.

Good point - this is probably why it's configurable.
-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu