Turning off "help dialog" tip boxes

O.k., I've been a Mac guy since 2001 and am relatively proficient. However, whenever I rest the cursor over an area on an application the little yellow tip box appears and I cannot figure out how to turn it off. I'm not sure how long it has been doing it, it is just now getting real annoying.

Hi,Percheron 1, welcome to Apple Discussions.
Try this link.. http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2007/07/safaritips/index.php .. which will show you how turn off the yellow tips boxes, firstly for Safari, then it leads you to turn them off for all apps. Changing the delay time before they appear may be all you need, hope this helps.
Robert.

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