Hello and thanks for the help. I am using the custom format to create a date
that looks like this: Thu - 3 Jan. I would like for ONLY the Thu portion to
show up in bold format. Is that possible?

I use both Excel 2003 and 2007.

Thanks again, Sheri : )

A result returned by a formula cannot be formatted in pieces. You can only
apply formatting to the entire cell, not pieces of the result.


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"SheriTingle" wrote in message
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Hello and thanks for the help. I am using the custom format to create a
date
that looks like this: Thu - 3 Jan. I would like for ONLY the Thu portion
to
show up in bold format. Is that possible?

I use both Excel 2003 and 2007.

Thanks again, Sheri : )

hi,
it is possible to have multiple formats in a single cell but that applys to
text only or numbers formated as text. formulas, dates and numbers cannot
have multiple formats.
reason - to have multiple formats reguires specific start and stop points
within the cell. any cell that has data that varies will not meet this
criteria. as to your situation, a date is seen by excel as a 5 digit number
with decimals and is constantly changing. so no multiple formats possible.
Sorry
FSt1

"SheriTingle" wrote:

Hello and thanks for the help. I am using the custom format to create a date
that looks like this: Thu - 3 Jan. I would like for ONLY the Thu portion to
show up in bold format. Is that possible?

I use both Excel 2003 and 2007.

Thanks again, Sheri : )