Just select that part of the text and format as per your requirement by
going to cells format font.

Mangesh


"tim" wrote in message
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I am trying to high light specific characters within a cell. (similiar to
the
way text can be high lighted in word.
Can this be done in Excell. I dont want to change the colour of the cell
or
the colour of the text - but do want to high light specific parts of the
text
with in a cell