Tha characters property is very useful for selective formatting
multiple-line text in cells, but so far I have not been able to use it eithr
within shapes (e.g rectangle), or user forms. Is this a limitation of
Excel, or have I just not tried hard enough?

Below is a sample of the code I have successfully implemented in a large
cell.

With Worksheets("ER").Range("C2")
.Characters(149 + I, 7).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(149 + I, 7).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(168 + I, 6).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(168 + I, 6).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(186 + I, 4).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(186 + I, 4).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(199 + I, 7).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(199 + I, 7).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(227 + I, 5).Font.ColorIndex = 3 ' RED
.Characters(227 + I, 5).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(251 + I, 5).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(251 + I, 5).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(271 + I, 3).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(271 + I, 3).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(289 + I, 5).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(289 + I, 5).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(313 + I, 4).Font.ColorIndex = 5 ' BLUE
.Characters(313 + I, 4).Font.Bold = True
End With

Second query.

Can Excel achieve visual effects, e.g.smoothly scrolling a 4 line window
through a long text string which fills say 20 lines, or mixing between 2
different pages?

1) ActiveSheet.Shapes(1).TextFrame.Characters(Start:= 1,
Length:=3).Font.ColorIndex = 3

2) I'm certain it's possible, but it would probably have quirks. I suggest
looking into an IE imbedded object and use some HTML whizz.


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Tha characters property is very useful for selective formatting
multiple-line text in cells, but so far I have not been able to use it
eithr
within shapes (e.g rectangle), or user forms. Is this a limitation of
Excel, or have I just not tried hard enough?

Below is a sample of the code I have successfully implemented in a large
cell.

With Worksheets("ER").Range("C2")
.Characters(149 + I, 7).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(149 + I, 7).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(168 + I, 6).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(168 + I, 6).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(186 + I, 4).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(186 + I, 4).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(199 + I, 7).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(199 + I, 7).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(227 + I, 5).Font.ColorIndex = 3 ' RED
.Characters(227 + I, 5).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(251 + I, 5).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(251 + I, 5).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(271 + I, 3).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(271 + I, 3).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(289 + I, 5).Font.ColorIndex = 1 ' BLACK
.Characters(289 + I, 5).Font.Bold = True
.Characters(313 + I, 4).Font.ColorIndex = 5 ' BLUE
.Characters(313 + I, 4).Font.Bold = True
End With

Second query.

Can Excel achieve visual effects, e.g.smoothly scrolling a 4 line window
through a long text string which fills say 20 lines, or mixing between 2
different pages?