With ActiveCell

.Characters(5, 3).Font.Bold = True
End With


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HTH

Bob

"Alan" wrote in message
...
Is it possible to embolden part of the text held in a cell using VBA?

For example, if a cell contains two words " dog cat" is it possible to
change the font of "dog" to bold without changing the attributes of
"cat"?

Alan