Troubleshooting: Tooltips

The tooltip window opens but does not play video as expected.

Issue: This issue will occur when ToolClips™ (mini-videos) run within tooltips on a system that does not have a media player installed. ToolClips™ are short MP4 video files. You must have a media player installed to your operating system in order to play the MP4 file.

Solution: Install a media player capable of playing MP4 files. Set your operating system to use this player for MP4 files by default.

To prevent ToolClips™ from playing in the future, set Tooltip assistance to Minimal, as follows:

  1. Click File tab Options.
  2. On the User Interface tab, for Tooltip assistance, select Minimal.

    The software displays only brief descriptions of tools, suppressing the display of additional information, including images and ToolClips™. In-canvas tooltips display as usual.