>When i set the picture property to a button, the picture appears above the text. How can I make it to be at the text's left (or right)?
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>Thanks for your time

You cannot do it directly using the button properties, but you can just create the picture for your button which will contain both the text and the actual picture. Use any graphic editor to combine text and picture, then capture the whole thing and use it as the picture source for your button.