Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here: Making a Cell's Contents Bold within a Macro.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 5, 2023)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
If you are writing macros using VBA, it is not uncommon to process data and place the results of your processing into cells in a worksheet. If desired, you can also make the results in a bold typeface so that they stand out. You do this by setting the Bold property of the Font object for a selection.
For instance, if you wanted to make the contents of cell A1 bold, you could use the following in your macro:
Cells(1, 1).Font.Bold = True
Likewise, if you wanted to make the currently selected cell bold, you could use the following code:
Selection.Font.Bold = True
If you wanted to explicitly turn off the bold attribute of a particular cell, all you need to do is change True to False in the foregoing examples.
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ExcelTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Excel training. This tip (2485) applies to Microsoft Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. You can find a version of this tip for the ribbon interface of Excel (Excel 2007 and later) here: Making a Cell's Contents Bold within a Macro.
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This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here:
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