Here's something I stumbled upon a couple of months ago and kept forgetting to share it. If you are using Nib windows in your project, you can easily add help for any controls in your Nib window. (buttons, checkboxes, edit fields etc). There is no code to add to your FB project. Just open Interface Builder and open one of your windows. Click on a control and click on the Identity tab in the Inspector Window. Enter your help text in the Help field. That's it. Now when your user holds the mouse over that control, they will get help in a yellow box. Here is an an example of how it will look for a checkbox control: http://macwise.com/_Images/HelpWithNibs.jpg And here it is in Interface Builder http://macwise.com/_Images/HelpWithNibs2.jpg I don't know what the Extended Help box is for. I have not been able to get that one to do anything. Rich