Modify Button Symbol in Quick Access Toolbar

[Barrywms]

I just received a forced upgrade to Office 2007. As a result I lost all of
the specialized macro buttons with the customized symbols that I used as
shortcuts for a number of mathematical and scientific terminologies. I have
rebuilt a number of the macros and placed them on the Quick Access Toolbar,
but they all show up with the same icon--the standard macro symbol. I have
checked the other options for symbols that MS offers, but none of these are
really descriptive of what the macros are doing. Although I have given them
text names, these show up only as tooltips when I mouse-over. This means
that I have to go to each one individually, hold the mouse over it for a
second, and only then can I find the one I need.

What was Microsoft thinking when they removed such a useful feature during
the update to Office 2007?

I have searched widely and haven't been able to find an easy fix. When I
searched within this newsgroup, it appeared that the newest response to a
similar question has been a while, and the best workarounds involved
installing third party applications or running Office 2003 concurrently,
neither of which I will be able to do. I'm hoping that in the meantime,
someone out there has a better answer.

 

[Graham Mayor]

What you want is possible, but not as easy as it was in 2003. It is also
possible to create your own ribbon tab and while you don't need extra
software for that, it does help to at least have the Office 2007 UI editor
(a free download) to validate your XML code.
See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Ribbon_Custom_Icons.htm and
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm

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[Pesach Shelnitz]

Hi Barry,

To change the icon for a macro that you have already added to the Quick
Access Toobar, perform the following steps.
1. Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and then click Customize Quick
Access Toolbar.
2. In the Word Options dialog box, verify that Customize is selected.
3. Select the macro among the macros already added to the Quick Access
Toolbar.
4. Click Modify.
5. Select the icon that you want to use for the selected macro.
6. Click the two OK buttons.

 

[Larzola]

Hi Barry,

To change the icon for a macro that you have already added to the Quick
Access Toobar, perform the following steps.
1. Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and then click Customize Quick
Access Toolbar.
2. In the Word Options dialog box, verify that Customize is selected.
3. Select the macro among the macros already added to the Quick Access
Toolbar.
4. Click Modify.
5. Select the icon that you want to use for the selected macro.
6. Click the two OK buttons.

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Hope this helps,
Pesach Shelnitz







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No. This does not help because it is what we all know how to do
already. What is wanted is the opportunity to change the available
symbols to match the macros more accurately. What is available has NO
RELATIONSHIP to the content of the macros we want to use. We want to
be able to create our own buttons, so we can easily see what is on the
macro.

Isn't there some fairly easy way to do this???

Larzola

 

[Graham Mayor]

Isn't there some fairly easy way to do this???

Larzola

No - see my earlier post.

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[Stefan Blom]

See http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Ribbon_Custom_Icons.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Hi Barry,

To change the icon for a macro that you have already added to the Quick
Access Toobar, perform the following steps.
1. Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and then click Customize Quick
Access Toolbar.
2. In the Word Options dialog box, verify that Customize is selected.
3. Select the macro among the macros already added to the Quick Access
Toolbar.
4. Click Modify.
5. Select the icon that you want to use for the selected macro.
6. Click the two OK buttons.

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Hope this helps,
Pesach Shelnitz







- Show quoted text -

No. This does not help because it is what we all know how to do
already. What is wanted is the opportunity to change the available
symbols to match the macros more accurately. What is available has NO
RELATIONSHIP to the content of the macros we want to use. We want to
be able to create our own buttons, so we can easily see what is on the
macro.

Isn't there some fairly easy way to do this???

Larzola