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Default Format part of text in concatenated field

Hi,

A cell which contains text can have a format applied to part of that text,
but that can't be done if the text contains a formula, rather than just
text.

Mike


"jday" wrote:

I have a formula in cell B2 that concatenates a combination of text &
contents from other cells in the worksheet. In the table below, cell C2
represents the color, cell D2 is the type of item, and cell E2 is the
quantity in inventory. For example:

C2 D2 E2
---- ---- ----
Blue Rug 3

The concatenation formula in cell B2 looks like this:

=C2&" "&D2&" - Qty ("&E2&")"

So that the result in B2 looks like this: Blue Rug - Qty (3)

What I would like is to format the "Qty (3)" portion of the text result to
be bold, or a different color, or italicized, or somehow highlighted to make
it stand out from the rest of the text in that cell. Is there a special
format code that I can insert right before each of the three components that
make up the " - Qty (3)" part of the text to make that happen?