Tony D'Ambra of aadconsulting.com, maker of Access add-ins and switchboards, wanted to share his method for providing help to users when and where they need it.

In Access, the functionality of tool tips has not changed since they were introduced in Access 95 ten years ago.

In a free sample Access 2000 database Cool Tool Tips, which you can download here, I have implemented a more functional and controllable paradigm, which also looks great. If you have an application that is to any degree complex to use, Cool Tool Tips is an easily-implemented solution that avoids the need for a Help file, and keeps tips on the screen for however long they are needed by the user.

You can learn more about Cool Tool Tips here.

Send your Power Tips to Mike and Chris at accpower@microsoft.com.