Hi
If the Tips of the day popup is a form (as against a pic box or frame) then it will have focus and the main form will not receive the key press event. U could make set the keypreview of the Tips form to true and check the keypress event also. NB If the tips of the day form is modal this can cause problems. A better way is to make the form modeless but always on top and then set it to 'not always on top' when the help file is loaded
Regards
Stuart