Custom icons for built-in commands in 2007 (2007)

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I’m trying to customize the 2007 ribbon using the customUI.xml file, and making good strides except for one thing:
My XML is attempting to add useful commands to the ribbon which don’t have icons. So if I use the default, no icon appears. But if I use the image=”myIcon” for an image I know is loaded (because I can assign it to a button not for a built-in), it still doesn’t appear.

Examples:
— shows no icon
— shows no icon
— shows the icon

Will work for clues

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Does Adding Custom Buttons to the 2007 Office Fluent User Interface or Modifying Word’s Ribbon UI – MSFN Forums help?

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I’ve been through the first, no help.
The second I can’t seem to get to right now – site problems?

In any case, I’ve found some nasty workarounds, requiring callbacks to my template which then execute the built-in functionality, but at least its a single set of callbacks (for Execute, ScreenTip, SuperTip, Pressed, Enabled, etc.) for all the built-ins.

This sounds like it’s a typical Microsoft short-sightedness, not permitting you to change the icon of a built-in, so that commands always look the same, but if there’s no pic, you should have the chance to change it.

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Don’t know if this’ll help. I’m just now trying to figure our Ribbons customizations.

The few examples I’ve seen have a little something that your example doesn’t.
If you’re use a custom image, the examples I see all use the file extension:
If you’re using a built-in button image (and maybe finding a good one may make your life easier), examples use the imageMso: Notice the lack of file extension

Bonus points to anyone who creates a macro that lists the imageMso IDs of all the built-in icons and shows the corresponding image in a printable file.

Another possibility, and again I don’t know whether this will work. But can you hide the original button, and then create a whole new custom button that calls the original action. Maybe something like this(?):

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As a follow-up to my own post, see post 706115 for a link to an Excel add-in that shows all icons and IdMso values.

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