Make text in a text box or other control bold, italic, or underlined

1. Open a form in Design view, a report in Design view, or a data access page in Design view.
   
   
2. Click the control that contains the text you want to change.
   
   
3. On the Form/Report Formatting toolbar or the Data Access Page Formatting toolbar, click Bold to make the text bold, Italic to make the text italic, or Underline to make the text underlined.

   On data access page scrolling text controls, you can select text and apply bold, italic, and underlined formatting to individual characters within the control. In all other controls in forms, reports, and data access pages, when you apply bold, italic, or underlined formatting, the change applies to the entire contents of the control. You can’t change individual characters in a control.

Tip   In forms and reports, if you want to resize the control to fit the text, point to Size on the Format menu, and then click To Fit.