I have just looked at a collegue's PocketPC 2003 and I've seen that Word does indeed support tooltips (in that version, I can't confirm other versions at the moment). However, that still does not alter the fact that the .NET Compact Framework does not support tooltips. For example, if you look at the ToolBarControl you will see that the ToolTipText property is not "supported by the .NET Compact Framework". You may be able to find some way to interop with the relevant controls however. As a side note, until your suggestion above, it never occurred to me to even try as the user-interface is not conducive to supporting tooltips in a sensible manner (IMO). The tap-and-hold technique would undoubtedly confuse many who would expect a menu to pop-up.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!