You should be able to adapt this code that came from javascript.internet.com --
<!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL LINK DESCRIPTION:
1. Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
2. Add the last code into the BODY of your HTML document -->
<!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document -->
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Original: Danny Mc Neill (danny@mc-neill.co.uk) -->
<!-- Web Site:
-->
<!-- This script and many more are available free online at -->
<!-- The JavaScript Source!!
-->
<!-- Begin
var description = new Array();
description[0] = "Text shown when visitors mouse over the first link.";
description[1] = "You can even embed <b>HTML</b> into the link description.";
description[2] = "<i>Text shown when visitors mouse over the third link.</i>";
// End -->
</script>
</HEAD>
<!-- STEP TWO: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document -->
<BODY>
<center>
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td valign=top width="160">
<ul>
<li><a onMouseOver="Words.innerHTML = description[0];" href="link1.htm">First Link</a>
<li><a onMouseOver="Words.innerHTML = description[1];" href="link2.htm">Second Link</a>
<li><a onMouseOver="Words.innerHTML = description[2];" href="link3.htm">Third Link</a>
</ul>
</td>
<td width="600">
<!-- Cell with the descriptions -->
<a id="Words">This will be the info that visiters will see first it is changed when they mouseover the links. It returns when the page is reloaded.</a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
<p><center>
<font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br>
by <a href="
JavaScript Source</a></font>
</center><p>
<!-- Script Size: 1.51 KB -->
hope it helps!

Paul Prewett