On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:50:15 -0600, "John" wrote:

This is not really a programming question but I can't get rich text
formatting to work in Excel 2007. If I type "this text is bold" and bold
just the word "bold", the bold icon is highlighted, but the word "bold" is
not bolded. What gives?


It works fine for me in Excel 2007.

Perhaps if you supply full information, I or someone else could try to
duplicate your problem.
--ron