Creating user-defined icons

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Creating user-defined icons

FreeOffice: The Customize ribbon function is not included in SoftMaker FreeOffice.

You can create user-defined icons at any time and then add them to the ribbon or a toolbar. Such icons can be used to start other desired programs.

To create a user-defined icon – for example, an icon to start the Windows Editor – proceed as follows:

1.Choose the following command in the ribbon or menu:
Ribbon: File | group Settings | Customize customize_icon | Customize ribbon
Menu: Tools > Customize
2.In the dropdown list Categories, select the User category.
3.Select one of the icons from the list Commands.
The first three icons are pre-assigned (as examples) to the Windows Calculator, the Windows Character Map and the Windows Control Panel. Select the fourth icon, for example.
4.Click on the Edit button displayed below the list. Another dialog box appears.
5.Enter a short description of the program to be started in the Description field – for example, "Notepad".
6.Enter the complete path and file name for the program to be started in the Command line field, for example, C:\Windows\notepad.exe.
7.Optional: If you want the program to display an icon other than its default icon, enter the path and file name of the desired icon file in the Icon file field.
Note that icons in toolbars are slightly smaller than the usual Windows icons.

As soon as you confirm with OK, the user-defined icon is created.

If you now want to add the user-defined icon to the ribbon or toolbar, proceed as described in the following sections:

Ribbon: Customizing icons and groups in the ribbon

Toolbars: Customizing toolbar icons