Set up a toolbar that will apply formatting to paragrahps or selec

[akkrug]

How do I set up a toolbar with buttons that will apply custom formatting to a
Word doc (either the whole paragraph or just selected text) when the buttons
are pressed?

Thanks for the help!

Ken K.

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

akkrug was telling us:
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How do I set up a toolbar with buttons that will apply custom
formatting to a Word doc (either the whole paragraph or just selected
text) when the buttons are pressed?

Thanks for the help!

Try this page:

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/asgncmdormacrototoolbarcontent.htm

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can define styles and assign them to a toolbar.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Terry Farrell]

Investigate STYLES. There's a good tutorial explaining styles here
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/index.html

 

[akkrug]

That helped alot, but what do I have to do to get the style to apply to the
whole paragraph without selecting all of the text?

Thanks again!!

Ken K.

 

[Terry Farrell]

Providing it is a paragraph style, if the insertion point is anywhere in the
paragraph and you select the style, it is applied to the whole paragraph.
You only get problems if you have selected part of the paragraph and then
change the style.

 

[akkrug]

Thanks Terry. Guess it has been awhile since I did any Word projects. I am
trying to add a button to a toolbar that will apply formatting to the text
I'm not sure what I'm missing. I am selecting Add/Remove Buttons, customize,
commands, format, style and that is where my choices stop. How do I select
the style I want the button to apply? When I drag the button to the tool bar
it has the wrong style on it.

Thanks again for the help!!

Ken K.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You need Customize | Commands | Styles (not Format), then select the desired
style and drag it to the toolbar.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Terry Farrell]

You don't: well you can but why reinvent the wheel! Which version of Words
are you using? If it is Word 2003, open the Style Pane to display the list
of available styles: just click on the one you need. If you generally use
just a few styles, you can add a shortcut key to a style in the edit dialog.

Terry

 

[akkrug]

Thanks Suzanne! I got one button working. When I added a second button, it
doesn't seem to do anything when it is pressed. I know the style (bodycopy)
is ok because I can toggle between the 2 styles in the styles by clicking in
the formatting pane. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
Have a great weekend!

Ken K. - 2191

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, I have no idea. I have only a single template that has such a toolbar,
with a dozen or so styles, and they all work correctly.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[akkrug]

I'm officially an idiot. I think I was basing my styles on whatever the
previous syle I had selected. No wonder they didn't work!!

Thanks again for all the help.

Ken K. - 2191

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Is it better to be an idiot officially or unofficially? <g> Glad you figured
out what the problem was, anyway!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[akkrug]

Probably unofficially so I could deny being one :O) Thanks again for all the
help. Have a great weekend!!!!

Ken K. - 2191