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Customize macro button images
Parish Pete 12/26/2008 7:50:02 PM
When I ran Word 2000, I had 7 customised macro buttons (made in the inbuilt
icon designer) on my toolbar showing text indicating the use of each button.
Most of the buttons created a letter template and the remainder auto text
addresses.

They were always visible and single click, job done.

Now I can't use the macro route as the button images provided are meaningless.
I've tried auto text, but the text just gets the default style treatment.
I could save individual templates but that means opening them first.

Have I missed something blindingly obvious?

I've seen the references to Excel QAT files. Life is too short to mess
about with that depth of programming. A simple bitmap generator would have
sufficed.

Please turn back the clock and make the arduous simple.

I'm sorry Microsoft, Word 2000 worked for me. I seem to be working FOR word
2007.


Re: Customize macro button images
"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr[ at ]REMOVECAPSmvps.org> 12/26/2008 8:33:40 PM
Your buttons should appear under the Add-ins tab of the Ribbon.

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"Parish Pete" <Parish Pete[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF48653E-B6EC-461C-9249-6A4B5A7F66E9[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text]
> When I ran Word 2000, I had 7 customised macro buttons (made in the
> inbuilt
> icon designer) on my toolbar showing text indicating the use of each
> button.
> Most of the buttons created a letter template and the remainder auto text
> addresses.
>
> They were always visible and single click, job done.
>
> Now I can't use the macro route as the button images provided are
> meaningless.
> I've tried auto text, but the text just gets the default style treatment.
> I could save individual templates but that means opening them first.
>
> Have I missed something blindingly obvious?
>
> I've seen the references to Excel QAT files. Life is too short to mess
> about with that depth of programming. A simple bitmap generator would
> have
> sufficed.
>
> Please turn back the clock and make the arduous simple.
>
> I'm sorry Microsoft, Word 2000 worked for me. I seem to be working FOR
> word
> 2007.
>
>


Re: Customize macro button images
"Graham Mayor" <gmayor[ at ]REMOVETHISmvps.org> 12/27/2008 8:19:15 AM
See http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm
See also http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm

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Parish Pete wrote:
[Quoted Text]
> When I ran Word 2000, I had 7 customised macro buttons (made in the
> inbuilt icon designer) on my toolbar showing text indicating the use
> of each button. Most of the buttons created a letter template and the
> remainder auto text addresses.
>
> They were always visible and single click, job done.
>
> Now I can't use the macro route as the button images provided are
> meaningless. I've tried auto text, but the text just gets the default
> style treatment.
> I could save individual templates but that means opening them first.
>
> Have I missed something blindingly obvious?
>
> I've seen the references to Excel QAT files. Life is too short to
> mess
> about with that depth of programming. A simple bitmap generator
> would have sufficed.
>
> Please turn back the clock and make the arduous simple.
>
> I'm sorry Microsoft, Word 2000 worked for me. I seem to be working
> FOR word 2007.


Re: Customize macro button images
Parish Pete 12/30/2008 12:58:01 PM


"Graham Mayor" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> See http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm
> See also http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm
>
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> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>
> My web site www.gmayor.com
> Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>
>
> Parish Pete wrote:
> > When I ran Word 2000, I had 7 customised macro buttons (made in the
> > inbuilt icon designer) on my toolbar showing text indicating the use
> > of each button. Most of the buttons created a letter template and the
> > remainder auto text addresses.
> >
> > They were always visible and single click, job done.
> >
> > Now I can't use the macro route as the button images provided are
> > meaningless. I've tried auto text, but the text just gets the default
> > style treatment.
> > I could save individual templates but that means opening them first.
> >
> > Have I missed something blindingly obvious?
> >
> > I've seen the references to Excel QAT files. Life is too short to
> > mess
> > about with that depth of programming. A simple bitmap generator
> > would have sufficed.
> >
> > Please turn back the clock and make the arduous simple.
> >
> > I'm sorry Microsoft, Word 2000 worked for me. I seem to be working
> > FOR word 2007.
>
>
> After much delving on the net, I found the absolute simple answer:

First tidy up the button images to suit 2007 by using 2000/2003 and paste
the old normal.dot file in the word startup folder. The buttons always
appear in addins every time. Subsequently they can put in the QAT.

Sorted!

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