An interactive tooltip provides access to help information and enhanced
editing capabilities. The interactive tooltip may be useful for a user
editing a function within a spreadsheet formula. The present invention
may integrate HTML-like interactivity with a conventional tooltip to
provide a new interface for working with the associated data. The
interactivity of the tooltip may provide additional levels of help or
documentation when requested and may provides additional editing
navigation functionality within the associated data. Embodiments of the
present invention may provide a tooltip in close proximity to the
associated data, while the associated data is being edited. In the case
of a spreadsheet, a tooltip may be provided when the user begins editing
a function within a spreadsheet cell. The help facility may recognize
that the user has begun entering a function.