VSTO command bar face id property reference

i was working a few weeks back on an Outlook 2007 OBA application which involved creating a custom menu to enable user interaction ( a candidate for a post maybe later ) . one of the UI issue i have to deal with is to assign face id prperty to the menu items to make it sexy . unlike my previous VSTO projects which involved Office 2007 ribbon interface where i have a material for looking for the appropriate isoimage to be used by a ribbon control , i did not have any . so google came in as a great help and directed me to a site named kebabShopblues which list down possible face ids from 0000-2999 together with a thumbnail .

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