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What is a tooltip?

A tooltip is a box with text that appears when you pause the mouse pointer on an element, such as on a line or symbol on a graph. Many data representations have tooltips that display descriptive information. For example, if you pause the pointer on a symbol on a scatterplot, a tooltip appears that lists the row number and x- and y-values for the point.

Copy tooltip text

From a graph in editing mode, you can copy the text of a tooltip. For example, you can copy the list of percentiles displayed on the fitted distribution line on a probability plot. Once you copy the tooltip, you can paste the tooltip text in Minitab or in another application.

Use the following steps to copy tooltip text:
  1. Double-click the graph to open the Options pane. The Options pane provides a subset of the possible graph editing options.
  2. Select More Options to open the Edit Graph dialog box and access all the graph editing options.
  3. Select the element that has the tooltip you want to copy.
  4. Right-click the element and choose Copy Text.
Note

This option is only available for elements with a unique tooltip. For example, when you select an individual symbol on a scatterplot, Copy Text is enabled, but it is not enabled when you select all the symbols.

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