Article ID: 179361
Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q179361
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:
- Right-click the mouse on the converted toolbar button and then click
Customize.
- 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.
- 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.
- Click Edit Button Image, make the appropriate color changes,
and then click OK.
- Click Close.
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