Hi Amy
A string variable only holds the string itself, not any formatting. You can apply bolding to a Font or Range object, but not to a string.
For example, if you had the word "Foobar" in 12-point bold, and selected it, your selection could be represented as an object that had the following properties
Selection.Font.Size = 1
Selection.Font.Bold = Tru
Selection.Text = "Foobar
To make this selection italic, you don't make the text italic, you make the selection italic
Selection.Font.Italic = True
That doesn't change anything about the value of the Selection.Text property
I know this is can be confusing (and perhaps I'm not helping here), but if you provide more specifics about what you're trying to accopmplish, you may get a more specific and more helpful response
Q. How do I insert a string at the end of the first paragraph, and italicize it
A. Dim myString as Strin
myString = "Foo the bar
Dim rng As Rang
Set rng = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs.First.Rang
rng.Start = rng.End -
rng.Collapse wdCollapseStar
rng.InsertAfter st
rng.Font.Bold = Tru
Set rng = Nothin
HTH
Andrew Savika
----- Amy Cox wrote: ----
I'm working in Word XP and I have not been able to
determine how to Bold text that is within a string
variable. Also, how do I Highlight text that is within a
string variable
Thanks. Am
