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Default Macro or VBA to Bold first 3 characters of a cell in the entirecolumn

On Mar 6, 5:40*pm, "Peter T" <peter_t@discussions wrote:
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Sub test()
Dim StartChar As Long
Dim BoldLen As Long
Dim rng As Range, ra As Range, cell As Range

* * StartChar = 3
* * BoldLen = 5

* * On Error Resume Next
* * Set rng = Range("C:C").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, 23)
* * If rng Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

* * For Each ra In rng.Areas
* * * * For Each cell In ra
* * * * * * cell.Select
* * * * * * cell.Font.Bold = False
* * * * * * If Len(cell) = StartChar Then
* * * * * * * * cell.Characters(StartChar, BoldLen).Font.Bold = True
* * * * * * End If
* * * * Next
* * Next

End Sub

Your description and code example contradict in terms of which characters to
make bold, I've gone with the latter.

Regards,
Peter T

"imelda1ab" wrote in message

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My macro to bold the first three characters of a cell works great but
I am struggling with enhancing the macro to automatically repeat for
the entire column "C" instead of running it cell by cell. *Ideally,
the macro would run on open, but I'll settle for running it on
command.


Any help is greatly appreciated!


Dim StartChar As Integer
Dim BoldLen As Integer
StartChar = 3
BoldLen = 5
ActiveCell.Characters(StartChar, BoldLen).Font.Bold = True- Hide quoted text -


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Thank you both SO, SO VERY much! It works perfectly! Yes, I
contradicted myself and pasted the wrong code. The 3,5 was contained
in the the code I found in my search through groups (love the groups)
and saved in my "Keep this so I don't have to look for it or remember
which spreadsheet I used it in again" formula document. Thanks again,
you guys rock.
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