Labels that follow the cursor

Hiya,
I'm putting the finishing touches to a little interactive
movie I've made that features several buttons. At the moment, a
label appears at the bottom of the screen explaining what the
button that is being rolled over is, but I'd like to change this,
so that a little label appears to the side of the cursor when the
button is rolled over. Sort of like when you use a new piece of
software and a help label appears when you hover over a button or
feature. I've looked at several custom cursor tutorials, but none
are quite what I want.
Can anyone offer any help, or point me in the right direction
for a tutorial?
Many thanks!

quote:
Originally posted by:
Nickels55
http://www.tutorio.com/tutorial/flash-rollover-alt-text-or-captions
that's exactly what I'm looking for, nice one!

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