MS Word 2003 - How to Change the Image of Toolbar Button and How to Record a Macro?

If you do not like the way a MS Word toolbar button looks, you can change its image very easily.

1) Select Tools > Customize from the main menu to display the Customize dialog box.

2) Select the button (the image of which you would like to change) by clicking on it directly on the toolbar. A black rectangle will display around the selected button.

3) Click the Modify Selection button in the Customize dialog box to display the drop-down menu.

4) Select change Button Image option to display all the wonderful icons available to you. Select one and presto! Your toolbar button now has a new spiffy look!

5) If you would like to edit an image by hand to anything you like, you can do that as well by selecting the Edit Button Image option.

************ How to Record a Word Macro?

Recording and running macros in MS Word will save you from re-performing repetitive tasks.

Imagine for example that you would like to transform certain words in a document by changing the font family to Brittanic Bold and increasing the font size to 24 points.

If in a 10,000 word document you have 100 such words to change, wouldnt it be much better to do it by just clicking a button on your toolbar rather than changing the font family and size 100 times in a row?

This is how you can record and use a Word macro:

1) Select Tools > Macro > Record New Macro from the Word menu to display the Record Macro dialog box.

2) type in a Name for your macro in the Macro name field.

3) Click the Toolbars button to display the Commands tab of the Customize dialog box.

4) Click and hold your cursor on the macro listed in the Commands list-box of the tab. The cursor tip should change into a + sign. Drag and drop the macro in anywhere you like on your toolbar. When the cursor changes into a vertical I beam it means it is ready to drop your newly created macro button at the selected spot on your toolbar.

5) Then go ahead and change the font family to Brittanic Bold and font size to 24 (through Format > Font dialog box).

6) When you are done, click the STOP button on the mini Macro tool bar displaying over your document and you are done.

Now every time you select a word or a paragraph and then click the macro button on your toolbar, your selection will automatically be changed to the new font, size 24. Isnt that great?

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Weight Loss: The Key to Discipline

Recently, two co-workers of mine were discussing their weight loss efforts and part of that conversation stuck with me. One of them said, "It sure is a lot harder to lose weight than it is to gain it." The other one answered, "Yeah, thats because gaining weight is fun." I laughed with them, because there is some truth to that statement.

Yes, it can be fun to eat with abandonment and not think about whether what you are eating is healthy or not; it is only the consequences that are painful. Examples of shorter term consequences are pain in your stomach, indigestion, and sluggishness. The longer term consequences are high blood pressure, heart disease, and shortness of breath. Seeing your appearance change for the worse is painful too. Focusing on these consequences is key to developing self-discipline.

Discipline is necessary to achieve your weight loss goals and any goal that you want to achieve in life. After all, you dont have to employ discipline to do those things that you enjoy. For example, I wouldnt have to discipline myself to eat chocolate bars because I enjoy them, however I do have to discipline myself to limit them in my life. How do I do it? Discipline requires two skills: Desire and diversion.

Desire means that you have to want the goal that your discipline will help you achieve more than anything. For example, I wanted to lose weight and get healthy more than I wanted the chocolate bars. Each time I desired the chocolate bar, I had to remind myself of the alternate goal and make it real and vivid. I had to see myself with that goal already achieved and experience the pleasure of it. I had to make that pleasure more intense than the pleasure I imagined I would receive from eating the chocolate bar.

The second skill is diversion, which is simply engaging in an activity that diverted my attention away from the undesirable activity. In the chocolate bar example, I had to either give myself something that I would enjoy eating that was healthier for me or perform an alternate activity that would help me better meet my needs. For example, if I was angry, eating a chocolate bar would not help me, but taking a long walk to cool off likely would.

My co-worker was right: For many of us, losing weight is harder than gaining it. But we need to remind ourselves that, although it is harder to lose weight, it is not impossible. It is also worth the effort. Then we use our key of discipline to help us achieve what we want. It is the only way to get the body that we deserve.

A Registered Nurse for many years, Kimberly Floyd battled obesity for much of her adult life. She achieved her ideal weight and has written a new book entitled 'Moneywise Weight Loss' which teaches others how to lose weight and save money--at the same time.

Kim has written articles for the Georgia Nurses Association publication and Nursing Spectrum Online. Now a technical writer, she has written training programs for corporate clients, including IBM, U.S. Bank, and Cingular.

Kim also teaches an online course called 'Goodbye to Shy'. This course is distributed to over 1100 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and Australia through Thomson Learning. An accomplished speaker and trainer, she delivers presentations on health-related topics to enthusiastic audiences.

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