Bold Property
Applies To
Font object, Range object.
Description
True if the font or range is formatted as bold. Returns True, False or wdUndefined (a mixture of True and False). Can be set to True, False, or wdToggle. Read/write Long.
See Also
Font property, FormattedText property, Italic property, Underline property.
Example
This example formats the sixth word in a new document as bold.
Set newDoc = Documents.Add
Set myRange = newDoc.Content
myRange.InsertAfter "This is a test of bold."
myRange.Words(6).Bold = True
This example makes the entire selection bold if part of the selection is formatted as bold.
If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then
If Selection.Font.Bold = wdUndefined Then Selection.Font.Bold = True
Else
MsgBox "You need to select some text."
End If
This example toggles the bold format for the selected text.
If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then
Selection.Range.Bold = wdToggle
End If
This example makes the first paragraph in the active document bold.
ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range.Bold = True