Italic Property Example

This example formats the first word in the active document as italic.

ActiveDocument.Words(1).Italic = True

This example checks the selection for italic formatting and removes any that it finds.

If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then
    mySel = Selection.Font.Italic
    If mySel = wdUndefined or mySel = True Then
        MsgBox "There's italic text in selection. " _
            & "Click OK to remove."
        Selection.Font.Italic = False
    Else
        MsgBox "No italic text in the selection."
    End If
Else
    MsgBox "You need to select some text."
End If