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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Help Agent, Tips and Extended Tips</title>
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<bookmark_value>Help; Help tips</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>tooltips; help</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>Help Agent; help</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>Clippy, see Help Agent</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148520" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">The Help Agent, Tips, and Extended Tips provide help while you work.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147285" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">The Help Agent</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149716" role="paragraph" l10n="U">The <link href="text/shared/optionen/01010600.xhp" name="Help Agent">Help Agent</link> starts automatically when you are performing a task that might require some assistance. The Help Agent appears in a small window in a corner of the document. To view the help for the task, click inside the Help Agent window.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10634" role="tip" l10n="CHG">The Help Agent automatically closes after a short delay. If you ignore or close the Help Agent three times you perform a certain task, the Help Agent no longer opens for that task. To disable the Help Agent choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph>
</caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - %PRODUCTNAME - General</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3157896" role="paragraph" l10n="U">Tips 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.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153910" role="paragraph" l10n="U">Tips are also displayed for some elements in a document, such as chapter names when you scroll through a long document.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id992156" role="tip" l10n="NEW">Enable or disable the tips on <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph>
</caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - %PRODUCTNAME - General</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147571" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">Extended Tips</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149346" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">Extended tips provide a brief description about buttons and commands. To display an extended tip, press Shift+F1, then point to a button or command.</paragraph>
<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10666" role="tip" l10n="NEW">If you always want extended tips instead of tips, enable the extended tips on <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph>
</caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - %PRODUCTNAME - General</emph>.</paragraph>
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