If the Cell is A1, then try the following code:

Range("A1").Characters(1, 2).Font.ColorIndex = 5

To change the color of the first 2 chars to blue



Al Gee <Al wrote in message ...
I wish to change the font color index in part of a string (using visual
basic) in the same fashion that we can change a highlighted part of a string
in the editing bar.

VB seems to require that the characters to have their font color index
changed have to be an entire selected cell.