[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.

[Pesach Shelnitz[_2_]]

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.

--
Hope this helps,
Pesach Shelnitz


"Barrywms" wrote:

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.

[Larzola]

On Sep 23, 9:39*am, Pesach Shelnitz pesach18(AT)hotmail.com wrote:
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.

--
Hope this helps,
Pesach Shelnitz



"Barrywms" wrote:
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.- Hide quoted text -

- 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

[Graham Mayor]

Larzola wrote:

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

Larzola

No - see my earlier post.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

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

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Larzola" wrote in message
...
On Sep 23, 9:39 am, Pesach Shelnitz pesach18(AT)hotmail.com wrote:
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.

--
Hope this helps,
Pesach Shelnitz



"Barrywms" wrote:
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.- Hide quoted text -

- 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