XL98: How to Customize a Custom Toolbar Button

ID: Q183842

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article contains information about creating a custom button on a toolbar and assigning a macro to that custom button.

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To make your custom toolbar button useful, you must first write a Visual Basic for Applications procedure to attach to the button. To create a simple Visual Basic procedure, follow these steps:

1. Close and save any open workbooks, and then open a new workbook.

2. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press OPTION+F11).

3. On the Insert menu, click Module.

4. In the module type the following code:

      Sub HelloWorld()
         MsgBox "Hello, World!"
      End Sub

5. Click "Close and Return to Microsoft Excel" on the File menu.

Now that you have created a simple Visual Basic procedure, follow these steps to create a custom toolbar button:

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize.

2. Click the Commands tab in the Customize dialog box.

3. Select Macros in the Categories list.

4. In the Commands list box, drag the Custom Button item to any toolbar

   on which you want the custom toolbar button to appear.

The button appears on the toolbar. To assign the HelloWorld macro to the button, follow these steps:

1. Click Modify Selection in the Customize dialog box.

   A menu appears with different options for your custom toolbar button.

2. Click Assign Macro, click HelloWorld on the Macro Name list,

   and then click OK.

You may also want to change the ScreenTip that appears when you place the insertion point over the button. To change the ScreenTip, follow these steps:

1. Click Modify Selection in the Customize dialog box.

   A menu appears with different options for your custom toolbar button.

2. In the Name box, type "Hello, World!" (without the quotation

   marks).

To modify the image displayed for your custom button, follow these steps:

1. Click Modify Selection in the Customize dialog box.

   A menu appears with different options for your custom toolbar button.

2. On the menu, point to Change Button Image, and then click the image

   to display on the button.

Now click Close in the Customize dialog box. When you click the button you just added to the toolbar, you see a message box with the text "Hello, World!" (without quotation marks).

REFERENCES

For more information about creating custom toolbar buttons, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   buttons, toolbars

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add a button to a toolbar" topic.

For more information about creating custom 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 "Add a button to a toolbar" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: XL98 vba

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta xlui xlvbahowto OffVBA 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999