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Balloon

Also known as a tooltip, a balloon is a brief message that indicates what would occur if they were to click on that icon/button. This is found on most new programs as users to quickly learn what each button or dropdown menu does. If you are unable to get a button to display a balloon, it is likely that the program does not support this feature.

Below is an example of what a balloon tip looks like in Microsoft Windows when a user places their mouse over the Start button. As can be seen by the example if the user was unfamiliar with Windows they would know the start button is a clickable button that enables them to navigate through Windows. 

Microsoft Windows balloon

Also see: Operating system definitions, Tooltip

 

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