Thanks Jim - what a pity - it would be helpful to be able to emphasise text
occasionally without having to capitalise which I don't like to use.



Best wishes

Francis

"Jim Cone" wrote in message
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No, you can use upper case/lower case characters, but that is all the
formatted allowed to the font in a MsgBox.
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Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)


"Francis Hookham" wrote in message
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Sub MsgTest()
StartMessage = MsgBox("Can this line of text be bold" _
& vbNewLine & "while other lines are plain" _
& vbNewLine & "and others italic?" _
& vbNewLine & " " _
& vbNewLine & "Is it possible for a word within a line to be bold?"
_
& vbNewLine & " " _
& vbNewLine & "Thank you" _
& vbNewLine & " " _
& vbNewLine & "Francis Hookham" _
, 64, "Bold query")
End Sub