Assign a Control Tip, Caption, or Accelerator Key to a Control

1. Right-click the control, and then click Advanced Properties.

2. To set the property, open the Properties dialog box, click the property, type a value in the Apply box, and then click Apply.

Property	Description
ControlTipText	Use this string as the control tip.
Caption	Use this string as the caption.
Accelerator	Use a single character as the value for the ALT + Key entry. If you use a character from the caption of the control, the character is underlined.

For more information about the property to set for a specific control, see the following:

• The ControlTipText property for the Page control.

• The ControlTipText property for the Tab control.

• The Caption property for the CheckBox control.

• The Caption property for the CommandButton control.

• The Caption property for the Frame control.

• The Caption property for the Label control.

• The Caption property for the OptionButton control.

• The Caption property for the Page control.

• The Caption property for the Tab control.

• The Caption property for the ToggleButton control.

• The Accelerator property for the CheckBox control.

• The Accelerator property for the CommandButton control.

• The Accelerator property for the Label control.

• The Accelerator property for the OptionButton control.

• The Accelerator property for the Page control.

• The Accelerator property for the Tab control.

• The Accelerator property for the ToggleButton control.

For more information, see How to: Assign a Control Tip, Caption, or Accelerator Key to a Page or Tab.

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