Word's Button Editor appears (see Figure 31.8). Then right-click on the button and choose Edit Button Image from the shortcut menu. Switch to Word, right-click on the button, and choose Paste Button Image. Open the image in any graphics program and copy the image to the Clipboard (Ctrl+C). Make sure that the Tools, Customize dialog box is open. If you have an image you can use as a starting point, follow these steps: In that case, you can create it yourself with Word's Button Editor?or better yet, adapt it from an existing image that's close but not quite right. It's possible you still don't have the right image for your custom toolbar button. Thereafter, Word displays only the picture for that button. If Word displays both the image and the text, and you don't want to see the text, right-click the button and choose Defa ult Style from the shortcut menu. In some cases, both an image and text are associated with a Word command, and when you assign the command to a toolbar button, both the image and the text appear. You can copy an image from a toolbar button in Excel or PowerPoint and then paste it onto a toolbar button in Word. Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access have their own Tools, Customize dialog boxes, largely identical to the one in Word.
If Word's stock images aren't enough, try using the other Office programs. The images that produce the best results are typically square (or roughly square) and have strong outlines with little internal detail. Right-click the toolbar button where you want to use the image.īe aware, however, that most images created elsewhere weren't designed for use on tiny, square toolbar buttons. Switch to Word and choose Tools, Customize. Select all or part of the image and copy the selected image to the Clipboard (select the image and press Ctrl+C). Open the graphics program and create or open the image you want.
Using the Windows Clipboard, you can copy any bitmapped image onto a toolbar button, including images created in programs such as Microsoft Paint. This brings up a submenu showing Word's other available button images (refer to Figure 31.7). Right-click the button you want to change.Ĭhoose Change Button Image. If none of the button icons visible in your configuration of Word fits the bill, you can always browse through some of Word's other 42 generic buttons. Using a Button from Word's Button Library Right-click the button on which you want to paste the image. Right-click the toolbar button image you want to borrow or adapt, and choose Copy Button Image from the shortcut menu. Make sure that the toolbar containing the image you want and the toolbar where you plan to place the image are both visible. If you want to copy an image from an existing button onto any other toolbar button, follow these steps: You can create a button yourself, from scratch.Įach of these options is covered next. You can copy and adapt an image from another button. You can assign a new button graphic in place of an existing image or text. If you want to change the appearance of a toolbar button (or add one to a command that doesn't have one), Word gives you all the tools you need to do so: Press Enter, and Word automatically changes the button accordingly.Ĭhanging the Appearance of a Toolbar Button To assign a keyboard shortcut key, place the ampersand character (&) before the letter you want to serve as the keyboard shortcut. You can change the name or graphic for any button, not just the ones you've inserted. You can change a toolbar button or menu item through the Customize shortcut menu. A shortcut menu appears (see Figure 31.7). Then right-click on the menu item you want to edit. If you want to edit a menu item, click on the menu the entire menu will appear. Right-click on the toolbar button you want to edit. You can edit the text of a menu item or toolbar button for brevity or clarity.
Of course, if you're adding a command to a menu bar, you'll most likely want to use text in any case. But in many cases, no toolbar button exists. In some instances?such as macro names?the labels Word assigns can be difficult to understand.īy default, if you place a command on a toolbar, Word will use a toolbar button for that command if one exists. Left alone, they can take up too much space on a toolbar, or make a menu bar clumsier to use. Many of the commands you can add to a menu bar or toolbar have descriptions that are quite lengthy: for instance, names of styles, or typefaces. Changing the Text of a Menu Command or Toolbar Button In the following sections, you'll learn how. You may occasionally want to change the text or image used in your toolbar buttons or menu items.