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Customizing icons in the QAT
In customizing the QAT in Word 2007, I'm finding that a few icons and/or
their tooltip descriptions are not very clear. In fact, one icon is repeated for two commands (Legacy Tools and the WorkDocument addin). Is there any way to customize either the icons themselves, or at least, their tooltip? I didn't see any way to do this in Word's Help file. When I look in the Customize section of the Word Options window, the "modify" button is grayed out for every icon I have up on the QAT. I don't know if this is b/c I have d/l a trial version or not... -- Paul Office 2007 XP SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 |
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Hi Paul,
Last things first... It has nothing to do with the trial version; all copies of Word 2007 (and all other ribbon-based Office 2007 programs) have the same limitation. No, the Quick Access Toolbar icons are not customizable. The Modify button is available only for macros, not for built-in commands; and that allows you only to choose from the relatively small number of icons in the palette that appears. If that steams you as much as it does you, you'll need to learn a bit about customizing the ribbon itself. Greg Maxey has done a terrific job of writing about that: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm. If you still have access to a copy of Word 2003, you can use Graham Mayor's method from http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:57:34 -0800, "Paul" wrote: In customizing the QAT in Word 2007, I'm finding that a few icons and/or their tooltip descriptions are not very clear. In fact, one icon is repeated for two commands (Legacy Tools and the WorkDocument addin). Is there any way to customize either the icons themselves, or at least, their tooltip? I didn't see any way to do this in Word's Help file. When I look in the Customize section of the Word Options window, the "modify" button is grayed out for every icon I have up on the QAT. I don't know if this is b/c I have d/l a trial version or not... |
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Thanks, Jay. THat does clear it up. I'll bookmark those two links (yes I do
have Office 2003 still on, but I'll uninstall it as soon as I get the paid version of 2007 on, b/c I've read that there is a bit of a slowdown with both versions installed at once). I'll be sure to look at the 2003 method before I do that. This will be a project for a weekend when I've got a bit of free time. Its an inconvenience, but it doesn't steam me, actually. Having just gotten over a round of trials with open-source versions of word processors, the "problems" I have with Word are really just how much can I push the software, instead of "how long will it take to load?" or "Can I even tweak the toolbars at all?" like I have with the, well, competition is a bit too strong of a word, but you know what I mean. -- Paul Office 2007 XP SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Paul, Last things first... It has nothing to do with the trial version; all copies of Word 2007 (and all other ribbon-based Office 2007 programs) have the same limitation. No, the Quick Access Toolbar icons are not customizable. The Modify button is available only for macros, not for built-in commands; and that allows you only to choose from the relatively small number of icons in the palette that appears. If that steams you as much as it does you, you'll need to learn a bit about customizing the ribbon itself. Greg Maxey has done a terrific job of writing about that: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm. If you still have access to a copy of Word 2003, you can use Graham Mayor's method from http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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You don't have to remove 2003 if you don't want to; I have three computers
happily running both versions -- sometimes simultaneously. For simple instructions for avoiding conflicts between them, see http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2...03-coexisting/ On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:03:26 -0800, "Paul" wrote: Thanks, Jay. THat does clear it up. I'll bookmark those two links (yes I do have Office 2003 still on, but I'll uninstall it as soon as I get the paid version of 2007 on, b/c I've read that there is a bit of a slowdown with both versions installed at once). I'll be sure to look at the 2003 method before I do that. This will be a project for a weekend when I've got a bit of free time. Its an inconvenience, but it doesn't steam me, actually. Having just gotten over a round of trials with open-source versions of word processors, the "problems" I have with Word are really just how much can I push the software, instead of "how long will it take to load?" or "Can I even tweak the toolbars at all?" like I have with the, well, competition is a bit too strong of a word, but you know what I mean. -- Paul Office 2007 XP SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . Hi Paul, Last things first... It has nothing to do with the trial version; all copies of Word 2007 (and all other ribbon-based Office 2007 programs) have the same limitation. No, the Quick Access Toolbar icons are not customizable. The Modify button is available only for macros, not for built-in commands; and that allows you only to choose from the relatively small number of icons in the palette that appears. If that steams you as much as it does you, you'll need to learn a bit about customizing the ribbon itself. Greg Maxey has done a terrific job of writing about that: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm. If you still have access to a copy of Word 2003, you can use Graham Mayor's method from http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Paul,
You needn't worry about running both versions of Word simultaneously. There is a MSFT KB article on how to install both correctly, and if you want to avoid the Word installer running whenever you switch between versions, there is a registry hack to get around it. If you do decide to keep both versions, post back and someone will provide the links to both articles. (I'm on a computer at a client site and don't have the pages bookmarked, or I'd do it myself.) -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. Read the original version of this post in the Office Discussion Groups - no membership required! "Paul" wrote: Thanks, Jay. THat does clear it up. I'll bookmark those two links (yes I do have Office 2003 still on, but I'll uninstall it as soon as I get the paid version of 2007 on, b/c I've read that there is a bit of a slowdown with both versions installed at once). I'll be sure to look at the 2003 method before I do that. This will be a project for a weekend when I've got a bit of free time. Its an inconvenience, but it doesn't steam me, actually. Having just gotten over a round of trials with open-source versions of word processors, the "problems" I have with Word are really just how much can I push the software, instead of "how long will it take to load?" or "Can I even tweak the toolbars at all?" like I have with the, well, competition is a bit too strong of a word, but you know what I mean. -- Paul Office 2007 XP SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Paul, Last things first... It has nothing to do with the trial version; all copies of Word 2007 (and all other ribbon-based Office 2007 programs) have the same limitation. No, the Quick Access Toolbar icons are not customizable. The Modify button is available only for macros, not for built-in commands; and that allows you only to choose from the relatively small number of icons in the palette that appears. If that steams you as much as it does you, you'll need to learn a bit about customizing the ribbon itself. Greg Maxey has done a terrific job of writing about that: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm. If you still have access to a copy of Word 2003, you can use Graham Mayor's method from http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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You beat me by _that much_ Jay. And now I have the link to add to my
Favourites on this machine. Woo-hoo! -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. Read the original version of this post in the Office Discussion Groups - no membership required! "Jay Freedman" wrote: You don't have to remove 2003 if you don't want to; I have three computers happily running both versions -- sometimes simultaneously. For simple instructions for avoiding conflicts between them, see http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com/2...03-coexisting/ On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:03:26 -0800, "Paul" wrote: Thanks, Jay. THat does clear it up. I'll bookmark those two links (yes I do have Office 2003 still on, but I'll uninstall it as soon as I get the paid version of 2007 on, b/c I've read that there is a bit of a slowdown with both versions installed at once). I'll be sure to look at the 2003 method before I do that. This will be a project for a weekend when I've got a bit of free time. Its an inconvenience, but it doesn't steam me, actually. Having just gotten over a round of trials with open-source versions of word processors, the "problems" I have with Word are really just how much can I push the software, instead of "how long will it take to load?" or "Can I even tweak the toolbars at all?" like I have with the, well, competition is a bit too strong of a word, but you know what I mean. -- Paul Office 2007 XP SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 "Jay Freedman" wrote in message .. . Hi Paul, Last things first... It has nothing to do with the trial version; all copies of Word 2007 (and all other ribbon-based Office 2007 programs) have the same limitation. No, the Quick Access Toolbar icons are not customizable. The Modify button is available only for macros, not for built-in commands; and that allows you only to choose from the relatively small number of icons in the palette that appears. If that steams you as much as it does you, you'll need to learn a bit about customizing the ribbon itself. Greg Maxey has done a terrific job of writing about that: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Customize_Ribbon.htm. If you still have access to a copy of Word 2003, you can use Graham Mayor's method from http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Got that bookmarked as well. Even so, I'll probably still uninstall
2003.Apart from a few things I've been posting in this newsgroup about, I really do like 2007 much better--that right-click toolbar is a godsend. The 3-device license of HOme and Student will allow me to keep 2007 on this laptop even when I give it to a family member, and still be able to install it on my new laptop some years down the road, so I sincerely doubt there would be a need on this box for 2003. Thanks, regardless. -- Paul Office 2007 XP SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 "Gordon Bentley-Mix at news.microsoft.com" gordon(dot)bentleymix(at)gmail(dot)com wrote in message ... Paul, You needn't worry about running both versions of Word simultaneously. There is a MSFT KB article on how to install both correctly, and if you want to avoid the Word installer running whenever you switch between versions, there is a registry hack to get around it. If you do decide to keep both versions, post back and someone will provide the links to both articles. (I'm on a computer at a client site and don't have the pages bookmarked, or I'd do it myself.) -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. Read the original version of this post in the Office Discussion Groups - no membership required! |
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Just be aware that Home & Student doesn't include Outlook, so if you have
Outlook 2003 installed, you may want to keep that. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Paul" wrote in message ... Got that bookmarked as well. Even so, I'll probably still uninstall 2003.Apart from a few things I've been posting in this newsgroup about, I really do like 2007 much better--that right-click toolbar is a godsend. The 3-device license of HOme and Student will allow me to keep 2007 on this laptop even when I give it to a family member, and still be able to install it on my new laptop some years down the road, so I sincerely doubt there would be a need on this box for 2003. Thanks, regardless. -- Paul Office 2007 XP SP3 Dell Inspiron 1501 "Gordon Bentley-Mix at news.microsoft.com" gordon(dot)bentleymix(at)gmail(dot)com wrote in message ... Paul, You needn't worry about running both versions of Word simultaneously. There is a MSFT KB article on how to install both correctly, and if you want to avoid the Word installer running whenever you switch between versions, there is a registry hack to get around it. If you do decide to keep both versions, post back and someone will provide the links to both articles. (I'm on a computer at a client site and don't have the pages bookmarked, or I'd do it myself.) -- Cheers! Gordon Bentley-Mix Word MVP Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup. Read the original version of this post in the Office Discussion Groups - no membership required! |
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