Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated June 25, 2018)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
There are certain toolbar buttons that when you press them, they change to have a different appearance. For instance, if you press on the Bold tool, the tool takes on a different look, as if it is depressed. This is done by Word by using two different button graphics. The first is the "unselected" appearance, and the other is displayed when the button has been clicked.
You can use a similar trick with your custom toolbar buttons. As an example of how this could work, let's say that you have a toolbar that you use a lot. You have named this toolbar "sampler." You want this toolbar to be displayed when you click a button on a different toolbar. First, you need to create the new toolbar that will contain the single button that toggles the "sampler" toolbar. In this example, the new toolbar will be named "switcher." The following VBA macro can be assigned to a button on the "switcher" toolbar:
Sub SwitchTools()
' First check if the toolbar is shown or hidden
If CommandBars("sampler").Visible Then
' Hide the toolbar and change the button image to "normal"
CommandBars("sampler").Visible = False
CommandBars("switcher").Controls(1).State. = msoButtonUp
Else
' Show the button and change the button image to "selected"
CommandBars("sampler").Visible = True
CommandBars("switcher").Controls(1).State = msoButtonDown
End If
End Sub
This macro toggles the state of the button (using msoButtonUp and msoButtonDown) to make it have the desired appearance.
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