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Add a ToolTip to Any Cell in Excel

August 19, 2014 - by

ToolTips are awesome, right? You see them all the time in the Ribbon. If you are creating a worksheet for someone else to use, why not add reminders and notes to the cells they are supposed to fill out?

AddTooltipToCell
AddTooltipToCell

The steps are super-easy.

  1. Select the cell where you want the ToolTip to appear.
  2. Select Data, Validation (or press Alt + D followed by L)
  3. In the Data Validation dialog, go to the Input tab. Optionally type a title. Definitely type an Input Message
  4. Click OK

When ever someone selects that cell, the ToolTip appears.

This is one of the tips in Learn Excel 2007-2010 from MrExcel – 512 Excel Mysteries Solved.