In other issues of WordTips you learned how you can change the image that appears on a toolbar button. Word also includes a built-in editor that allows you to edit or completely change any toolbar button image, pixel by pixel, if desired. To access this editor, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Toolbars tab of the Customize dialog box.
Figure 2. The Button Editor.
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2012-02-25 13:06:18
P.G. van Dijk
I still use the Word version I bought in 2003, which was actually (not Word 2000 or 2003, but) Word 97. I did not know about updates and things like that; this was my first computer. So my Word 97 is still as it appears on the CD-ROM.
I have recorded a number of macros to help me in editing downloaded or scanned texts to achieve an acceptable layout on A4 sheets, good to read both on the screen and on paper. The buttons were marked 'Tekst I', 'Tekst II' and 'Mrs.'. 'Tekst', as you may have guessed, is Dutch for 'Text'. It seemed a good idea to change those markings into three icons '1', '2' and '3'.
But the outcome was that the first button became '1 Tekst I', which was not what I intended. What did I do wrong?
In trying to remove the superfluous part I removed the entire button. I found out that the macro was still there, and could be activated by pushing ALT + X, + M, + M, releasing ALT, use the arrow keys to select 'Tekst I', and type ALT + U. So I'm not entirely up the spout, it's a bit awkward all the same.
Can you help?
P.G. van Dijk, Zwolle, Netherlands
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