WD97: Toolbar Button Color Lost Converting Word 95 Toolbar

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word 97, if you open a Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0 document or template containing a toolbar with the sad face assigned to a toolbar button, the original color of the sad face button is lost.

CAUSE

There are certain reserved colors in both Word 95 and Word 97 for Windows. In Word 95, bright purple is reserved, while in Word 97, bright green and bright purple are reserved. When you open a toolbar button containing a reserved color in Word 97, Word makes those colors transparent.

The original color of the sad face button in Word 95 is bright green. Because bright green is a Word 97 reserved color, it becomes transparent when converted to Word 97.

WORKAROUND

In Word 97, the sad face button image is the same color as the toolbar. If you want to use a button image with color, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the mouse on the converted toolbar button and then click Customize.

2. Click once to select the sad face button (it should place a black border around the sad face) and then right-mouse click the button to show its shortcut menu.

3. Use either of the following methods:

         - Point to Change Button Image and select a button face with color
           on it.
   
           NOTE: The sad face icon is the color of the background.
   
            -or-
   
         - Click Edit Button Image, make the appropriate color changes,
           and then click OK.
   
   

4. Click Close.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about customizing button faces, click the Office Assistant, type "change toolbar," click Search, and then click "Change the image on a toolbar button or menu command."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
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