To create a status line help message (Procedure)

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Create Status Line Help Messages
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To create a status line help message

  1. Click Tools tab Customization panel User Interface . At the command prompt, enter cui.
  2. In the Customize User Interface Editor, Customize tab, Command List pane, click the command to which you want to add a help message.

  3. In the Properties pane, Description box, enter the descriptive text for the selected command.

  4. Click the Apply button.

    The next time you use the command, the descriptive text you added is displayed in the status line when the cursor hovers over the command on a menu.