Office 2007/Office 2010 Extended Icons

I've now completed the first four extended Office 2007/2010 icon sets: core 1, core 2, database and users in 24x24, 48x48 and 64x64. I'm currently in the middle of creating the word processing 1 extended set. I'm planning to release the icon sets I have ready at the end of the month.

I've decided to only create alpha-blended versions of the icons, also creating BMP's is just too much work for a format that is used less and less.

This gives you an idea of the range of icon sizes.

Office 2007 icons
Office 2010 icons

Office 2003 Toolbar Icons Going Cheap!

Now that the Office 2007/2010 style toolbar icons have become the defacto standard the Office 2003 style toolbar icons are no longer selling like they once were, this despite the style not being all that different. Therefore I've decided that it's time to offer them even more cheaply, so as of today the Office 2003 style 3 set toolbar icons bundle is now just $95, a total bargain!

Glyfz Office 2003 Toolbar Icons

Additional Size Glyfz Office 2007 / Office 2010 Icon Sets

I've decided to start work on creating additional sizes for the Office 2007 /Office 2010 ribbon bar icons. I'm going to create 24x24, 48x48 and 64x64 versions, I don't see the point in going higher as 128x128 and up are rarely used.

I've made a start today on the elements, haven't got very far, it's a really big project, but will be working on a set at a time and releasing them as and when each one is complete. So Core set 1 will be the first, followed by Core set 2 and then in popularity order, so probably the Word Processing sets after that.

Office 2007 Ribbon Bar Icons

Office 2010 Ribbon Bar Icons

Tweaked the web site

Spent a few ours over te weekend tweaking the web site and creating a more suitable banner. No drastic changes but think it's a definite improvement and will suffice until I have time to do a complete redesign.

Had played with showing the ribbon bar icons on the Office 2010 ribbon bar background rather than the Office 2007 one, however it looked a bit too plain especially full height but without labels. Will have to try again.

I will soon need to work out the best way of optimizing the site so that searching for either Office 2007 or Office 2010 ribbon icons will bring people to the site. Possibly using a sub-domain, not sure yet, but suffixing things with 2007/2010 isn't very elegant.

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Office 2007 Ribbon Bar Icons

Here's a brief run-own of how the Glyfz Office 2007 ribbon bar icons (or toolbar icons if you prefer) we have designed for application developers came about.

As you know Microsoft introduced the new ribbon bar as part of Office 2007 and with it came a whole new set of toolbar icons which, for the first time, came in 2 sizes, small, standard, 16x16's and a selection of larger 32x32 toolbar icons. The style was also updated which gave the icons a cleaner, more attractive look (although I don't like the gray faces!).

As the ribbon bar icons were highly likely to become the standard for a number of years we decided that offering our own sets of Office 2007 icons would benefit developers looking for a standard look and feel to their applications. We decided early on against the Vista style as 3D just doesn't work well for toolbar icons, you only need to check out the "Vista" style toolbar icons out there to see why.

When the first screen shots of O2010 started appearing we were a little worried that the Office 2007 ribbon bar icons style would be changed (yet again!) meaning a whole lot of work. However fortunately for both ourselves and our customers the style has remained the same making our icons suitable for applications for a good few years to come.

We have recently taken the opportunity to add over 800 new Office icons to the sets, which brings the total up to 2600+ unique icons (personally I hate it when companies say they have 1,000,000+ toolbar icons as they count all sizes, formats and states. Sounds impressive but is pretty meaningless.)

At the same time we reorganized the sets as having 3 Office 2007 miscellaneous sets wasn't really meaningful, so they have been merged in with the "standard" icon sets and a new Office 2007 developers icons set created.

Anyway checkout our Office 2007 ribbon bar icons at Office 2007 toolbar icons page.

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Office 2010 Ribbon Bar Icons History

Here's a brief history of the Glyfz Office 2010 toolbar icons (Glyfz Office 2010 ribbon bar icons) we've created for application developers..

For the Office 2007 suite (well about half of it) Microsoft introduced the ribbon bar and with it a new set of toolbar icons in 2 sizes, the small 16x16's, the same size as in all previous versions, and a selection of larger 32x32 toolbar icons. The 16x16's icons had also had been tweaked giving them a cleaner look by removing the right/bottom edge "shading" used in Office 2003. The new 32x32 icons allowed much more details to be used compared to the fairly basic 16x16's.

We had the choice of either developing Vista style or Office style toolbar icons and weighing up the pro's and con's such as the fact Vista's 3D style really doesn't work well in the small sizes used in toolbars and ribbon bars we decided that the Office style was the way to go being cleaner looking and working in all sizes down to 16x16. It turned out to be a excellent choice as everyone else went for Vista style and they still don't look very good in toolbars!

We were obviously more than a little interested when Office 2010 screen shots started to surface, had they changed the icon style again? Would we have to start all over? Fortunately for both ourselves and our customers the style remained the same, just a few minor changes to some of the common icons such as the back and forward icons. So our Office 2007 toolbar icons would continue to work well at the very least until Office 2014, or whatever it will be called, comes out.

Although the icon style in Office 2010 remains the same the ribbon bar has been tweaked providing greater functionality and customization. For example, unlike the Office 2007 ribbon bar which was essentially fixed, you can now customize it, adding and removing buttons and you also have the ability to create your own ribbon bar sections. However, personally, I preferred the look of the Office 2007 ribbon bar tabs.

We have made a few changes to reflect changes in Office 2010, they have been included in the sets as alternative icons, so for example we now have Back and Back-2. We also took the opportunity to add in excess of 800 new toolbar icons to the sets bringing the total up to 2600+ unique icons (I hate it when companies say they have 1,000,000+ toolbar icons as they count each size, each format and each state, totally meaningless. Do they think that impresses anyone with half a brain?)

So, thankfully, we can legitimately call our icons Office 2010 toolbar icons or Office 2010 ribbon bar icons.

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Expanded Office 2007 / Office 2010 toolbar icon sets

We have just released an additional 800 Office 2007 / Office 2010 ribbon bar icons. At the same time we have merged the Miscellaneous sets in with the "standard" sets and created a new Development icon set in the process.

Currently both the site and enterprise license prices have been kept the same despite the addition of the new icons.

Now we have those icons released we have started work on a second business set of Office 2007 / Office 2010 toolbar icons.

We'll also need to rework mthe site so that the search engines pick up both Office 2007 toolbar icons and Office 2010 tolbar icons. Would also be an ideal time to create a "proper" logo for the site.

Glyfz : Office 2007 toolbar icons

Office 2007 /Office 2010 toolbar icons

Fortunately for both customers and ourselves the Office 2010 toolbar icons are pretty much identical to the Office 2007 toolbar icons.

There are a few small changes such as the forward & back buttons which have been included in our latest Office 2007 style Glyfz update but overall Office 2007 icons blend in perfectly well with Office 2010

Glyfz : Office 2010 toolbar icons