OFF98: Cannot Edit an Image for Control with a Drop-Down List (184180)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q184180

SYMPTOMS

You cannot edit or copy the button image of a toolbar control in any of the Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition programs.

CAUSE

The following commands are not available when you work with a toolbar control that has a drop-down list (for example, the Draw control on the Drawing toolbar):
  • Copy Button Image
  • Reset Button Image
  • Edit Button Image
  • Change Button Image
You cannot use these menu commands when you customize a control that has a drop-down list.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

In any of the Microsoft Office programs, you can customize the images for most of the controls on your toolbars. For example, to modify or reset the image for the Bold control on the Formatting toolbar in Microsoft Excel, use the following methods.

Editing the Image of a Control

To edit the image, follow these steps:
  1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.
  2. If the Formatting toolbar is not displayed, click the Toolbars tab of the Customize dialog box and select the Formatting check box.
  3. With the Customize dialog box displayed, hold down the CONTROL key and click the Bold control on the Formatting toolbar, and then click Edit Button Image on the shortcut menu.

    NOTE: If you hold down the CONTROL key and click the Font Color control, the menu items listed earlier in this article are not available on the shortcut menu.
  4. Make the changes you want to the image and click OK.
  5. Click Close in the Customize dialog box.
The changes you made in step 4 appear.

Resetting the Image of a Control

To reset the image, follow these steps:
  1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.
  2. If the Formatting toolbar is not displayed, click the Toolbars tab of the Customize dialog box and select the Formatting check box.
  3. With the Customize dialog box displayed, hold down the CONTROL key and click the Bold control on the Formatting toolbar, and then click Reset Button Image on the shortcut menu.
  4. Click Close in the Customize dialog box.
The Bold control is reset to the default image.

REFERENCES

For more information about customizing toolbar buttons, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

buttons, toolbars

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Change the image or text on a toolbar button or menu command" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/2/2002
Keywords:kbprb KB184180
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