I can't recreate the problem no matter how hard I try. Is the sheet
protected in anyway at all? Is there event code in the worksheet module?

"Horse crazy" <Horse wrote in message
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I have a cell with several words in the color black, but I want to
highlight
one of those words in red. While in the cell, I format the work using the
formatting function and while I'm editing the cell the formatting looks
like
it will take place. However, when I exit the cell, I lose the formatting.