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<a name="00000120"></a>Tips and Extended Tips</h1>
<p id="par_id3148520" class="paragraph">Tips and Extended Tips provide help while you work.</p>
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<p id="par_id3157896" class="paragraph"><span class="emph">Tips</span> provide you with the names of toolbar buttons. To display a tip, rest the pointer over a toolbar button until the name of the button appears.</p>
<p id="par_id3153910" class="paragraph"><span class="emph">Tips</span> are also displayed for some elements in a document, such as chapter names when you scroll through a long document.</p>
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<h2 itemprop="articleSection" id="hd_id3147571">Extended Tips</h2>
<p id="par_id3149346" class="paragraph"><span class="emph">Extended Tips</span> provide a brief description about buttons and commands. To display an extended tip, press <span class="keycode">Shift+F1</span>, then point to a button or command.</p>
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