Adding comments on certain phrases in Word 2013

Question

I would like to be able to allow the reader of a (readonly) Word (2013) Document to hover over a word or phrase, in the style of a translated text, whereupon they get a very simple (being key) tool-tip (Screentip) or comment like that which pops up, while avoiding the use of (at least standard) hyperlinks or anything that needs to be clicked (or that changes in color or visual format when clicked, such as a hyperlink), and avoiding any of the richer comment options. In other words, for it to be a discreet part of the document which doesn't interfere with readers who may not care for such comments -- just a Screentip without the baggage.

Essentially, to get the following result:

example

P.S. Not absolutely necessary, but since I intend this document to be read-only, I would prefer to export it to PDF. Is there an easier way to do this within a PDF once exported, or am I better off doing it in Word with a perhaps simpler solution?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The hyperlink method is the only one I've ever been able to come up with for doing this in Word itself.

If you have access to the full version of Adobe Acrobat, I found this article that describes 2 methods for adding screen tips in a PDF. The first method looks pretty nice. I note, though, that the examples included in the author's sample file don't work on my Mac.

One last option that occurs to me is to convert the doc to a webpage (e.g., save the Word file as a Web Page if there aren't images or as a Single File Web Page if there are) and distribute it that way. You could then edit the HTML code, adding a title attribute to the relevant text to specify the tooltip text.