Word&Excel:Add-Edit Toolbar&Buttons:Autocorrect to Excel Toolbar!!

OK, I give up!!! How do I create a new toolbar? How do I edit the Toolbar
Command Buttons (Icons?)? How do I create and add an Autocorrect (AC)
Command Button to an Excel Toolbar???

NOW the Complaints:

I HATE the ribbons, period? I LOVED the nice, neat, useful, and tiny
toolbars I created and edited in the 2003 programs and this 'RIBBON' thing is
the most obnoxious thing ever !! I REALLY fell bad for those laptop dudes
and dudettes, especially the 15" (or smaller) screens. I have a nice, new,
big 19" and I find the useless and extravagant space requirements for the
"Ribbon" (who came up with that one, anyway?) EXTREMELY ANNOYING.

I used to have three to six shortened, "CUSTOMER"-ized toolbars arranged in
2 to 3 rows and made up of the commands I NEED and/or WANTED and they used up
the same or less space than this stupid Ribbon!!! OH, and that's another
thing, I could center them for easy access!!! When created a Macro and
placed it in a toolbar a generic icon would be displayed but I could, and
did, copy, paste, edit them so I could tell at a glance what command was
being represented!!!

I didn't care for many of the icons in the 2003 Word and Excel and I could
EASILY edit them to my liking - as in something that made sense. I could and
did, create different toolbars that I could easily customize, open or close
depending on the type af task I was performing, and I REALLY don't like many
of the Microsoft default buttons. I created numerous Macros that I added to
the toolbar(s) because there were no commands available for certain tasks I
wanted to shortcut.

NOW, HA, I'm stuck with what Microsoft thinks I need, with what Microsoft
thinks we ALL need.

AS you can tell, I'm PO'd about this. I have spent more hours trying to
figure a way to get what I want than it did to edit a create my old toolbars
and the more hours I spend researching and trying to figure it out the more
frustrating that time is and the more it takes away from creating and
editing!!! HELL, why do you thing I am posting this at 5.00 AM - I can't
justify spending any more time on it at work or taking time away from my
family so here I am!! I started researching this AGAIN around midnight and
now, another 5 hours burned up with ZILCHO TO SHOW FOR IT!!

I am not at all impressed with VISTA, period, never mind the inability to
CUSTOMerIZE the program toolbars I use EVERY day. It is about the customer,
isn't it? My experience so far is that 2007 programs and VISTA are not an
upgrade - they're more like a DOWNGRADE. OH, and I would go back to the 2003
programs but, for some odd reason, one can't very easily find a new computer
with just plain old windows.

Anyway, enough of the wine - I need some cheese. And any help - NO,
specific answers that a non-tech like me cn understand - would be
appreciated, very much!!!

ps: Man, I never write stuff like this, sorry! I am just so ticked off, so
frustrated with the blocks at every turn to set up and customize efficiency
into my new HP laptop I just can't seem to help myself. I doubt anyone cares
but at least its therapeutic - well, so 'they' say!!

On Sat, 10 May 2008 03:12:00 -0700, Wayne4Js
<> wrote:

>OK, I give up!!! How do I create a new toolbar? How do I edit the Toolbar
>Command Buttons (Icons?)? How do I create and add an Autocorrect (AC)
>Command Button to an Excel Toolbar???
>
>NOW the Complaints:
[snip of a lot of unnecessary ranting]

Take your frustration out at:

microsoft.public.excel.misc

or at:

microsoft.public.office.misc

or at:

microsoft.public.word.general

You can always install Office 2003 on Vista.
Gary H
"Nonny" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 10 May 2008 03:12:00 -0700, Wayne4Js
> <> wrote:
>
>>OK, I give up!!! How do I create a new toolbar? How do I edit the
>>Toolbar
>>Command Buttons (Icons?)? How do I create and add an Autocorrect (AC)
>>Command Button to an Excel Toolbar???
>>
>>NOW the Complaints:
> [snip of a lot of unnecessary ranting]
>
> Take your frustration out at:
>
> microsoft.public.excel.misc
>
> or at:
>
> microsoft.public.office.misc
>
> or at:
>
> microsoft.public.word.general

Greeting from "old" Europe!
I feel the same.
Nevertheless I've found a loophole in MS "Shut up folks, I think for you"
policy. With word 2007, I use an old <normal.dot> from word 2003 and,
Miracle! all my nice little personized icons appear under the <complements>
tag. [I translate from French into English. It can be different, but you've
got the idea.]
I did not try anything with Excel so far.
Hope this helps.
Tell me if it works for you.
JL

"Wayne4Js" <> a écrit dans le message de
news:50246DF0-A654-4424-B792-...
> OK, I give up!!! How do I create a new toolbar? How do I edit the
> Toolbar
> Command Buttons (Icons?)? How do I create and add an Autocorrect (AC)
> Command Button to an Excel Toolbar???
>
> NOW the Complaints:
>
> I HATE the ribbons, period? I LOVED the nice, neat, useful, and tiny
> toolbars I created and edited in the 2003 programs and this 'RIBBON' thing
> is
> the most obnoxious thing ever !! I REALLY fell bad for those laptop dudes
> and dudettes, especially the 15" (or smaller) screens. I have a nice,
> new,
> big 19" and I find the useless and extravagant space requirements for the
> "Ribbon" (who came up with that one, anyway?) EXTREMELY ANNOYING.
>
> I used to have three to six shortened, "CUSTOMER"-ized toolbars arranged
> in
> 2 to 3 rows and made up of the commands I NEED and/or WANTED and they used
> up
> the same or less space than this stupid Ribbon!!! OH, and that's another
> thing, I could center them for easy access!!! When created a Macro and
> placed it in a toolbar a generic icon would be displayed but I could, and
> did, copy, paste, edit them so I could tell at a glance what command was
> being represented!!!
>
> I didn't care for many of the icons in the 2003 Word and Excel and I could
> EASILY edit them to my liking - as in something that made sense. I could
> and
> did, create different toolbars that I could easily customize, open or
> close
> depending on the type af task I was performing, and I REALLY don't like
> many
> of the Microsoft default buttons. I created numerous Macros that I added
> to
> the toolbar(s) because there were no commands available for certain tasks
> I
> wanted to shortcut.
>
> NOW, HA, I'm stuck with what Microsoft thinks I need, with what Microsoft
> thinks we ALL need.
>
> AS you can tell, I'm PO'd about this. I have spent more hours trying to
> figure a way to get what I want than it did to edit a create my old
> toolbars
> and the more hours I spend researching and trying to figure it out the
> more
> frustrating that time is and the more it takes away from creating and
> editing!!! HELL, why do you thing I am posting this at 5.00 AM - I can't
> justify spending any more time on it at work or taking time away from my
> family so here I am!! I started researching this AGAIN around midnight
> and
> now, another 5 hours burned up with ZILCHO TO SHOW FOR IT!!
>
> I am not at all impressed with VISTA, period, never mind the inability to
> CUSTOMerIZE the program toolbars I use EVERY day. It is about the
> customer,
> isn't it? My experience so far is that 2007 programs and VISTA are not
> an
> upgrade - they're more like a DOWNGRADE. OH, and I would go back to the
> 2003
> programs but, for some odd reason, one can't very easily find a new
> computer
> with just plain old windows.
>
> Anyway, enough of the wine - I need some cheese. And any help - NO,
> specific answers that a non-tech like me cn understand - would be
> appreciated, very much!!!
>
> ps: Man, I never write stuff like this, sorry! I am just so ticked off,
> so
> frustrated with the blocks at every turn to set up and customize
> efficiency
> into my new HP laptop I just can't seem to help myself. I doubt anyone
> cares
> but at least its therapeutic - well, so 'they' say!!

**
*-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-*
**
*-Finally, a SOLUTION to the Ribbon - you can get your old menus and
toolbrs back-*

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Your complaints are well founded!!. Which is why at ToolbarToggle, we
have created an add-in for Word, Excel and PowerPoint that brings back
the original Office 2003 menus and toolbars for less than $20. Please
try the demo let us know if you feel this helps solve your problems.

You can download ToolbarToggle
'ToolbarToggle | Home' (http://www.toolbartoggle.com)


--
Charles Smith

What's the hells this got to do with Vista.

Why do you not go and flog your crap software some were else.

"Charles Smith" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> **
> *-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-*
> **
> *-Finally, a SOLUTION to the Ribbon - you can get your old menus and
> toolbrs back-*
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Your complaints are well founded!!. Which is why at ToolbarToggle, we
> have created an add-in for Word, Excel and PowerPoint that brings back
> the original Office 2003 menus and toolbars for less than $20. Please
> try the demo let us know if you feel this helps solve your problems.
>
> You can download ToolbarToggle
> 'ToolbarToggle | Home' (http://www.toolbartoggle.com)
>
>
> --
> Charles Smith
>

I am sorry - i don't think I understand. If you go to the top of this
thread, it started with the following comment:

"-*OK, I give up!!! How do I create a new toolbar? How do I edit the
Toolbar
Command Buttons (Icons?)? How do I create and add an Autocorrect (AC)
Command Button to an Excel Toolbar???

NOW the Complaints:

I HATE the ribbons, period? I LOVED the nice, neat, useful, and tiny
toolbars I created and edited in the 2003 programs and this 'RIBBON'
thing is
the most obnoxious thing ever !! *I REALLY fell bad for those laptop
dudes
and dudettes, especially the 15" (or smaller) screens. I have a nice,
new,
big 19" and I find the useless and extravagant space requirements for
the
"Ribbon" (who came up with that one, anyway?) EXTREMELY ANNOYING.
"-



So we thought our response was pretty on target. Not everyone can or
will revert back to Office 2003 but they need their productivity back.
Thats why we responded when we came across this.


--
Charles Smith

unfortunately the thread is not intact so I did not see the original
message.

NIK

"Charles Smith" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I am sorry - i don't think I understand. If you go to the top of this
> thread, it started with the following comment:
>
> "-*OK, I give up!!! How do I create a new toolbar? How do I edit the
> Toolbar
> Command Buttons (Icons?)? How do I create and add an Autocorrect (AC)
> Command Button to an Excel Toolbar???
>
> NOW the Complaints:
>
> I HATE the ribbons, period? I LOVED the nice, neat, useful, and tiny
> toolbars I created and edited in the 2003 programs and this 'RIBBON'
> thing is
> the most obnoxious thing ever !! *I REALLY fell bad for those laptop
> dudes
> and dudettes, especially the 15" (or smaller) screens. I have a nice,
> new,
> big 19" and I find the useless and extravagant space requirements for
> the
> "Ribbon" (who came up with that one, anyway?) EXTREMELY ANNOYING.
> "-
>
>
>
> So we thought our response was pretty on target. Not everyone can or
> will revert back to Office 2003 but they need their productivity back.
> Thats why we responded when we came across this.
>
>
> --
> Charles Smith
>