Sub MsgTest()
StartMessage = MsgBox("Can this line of text be bold" _
& vbNewLine & "while other lines are plain" _
& vbNewLine & "and others italic?" _
& vbNewLine & " " _
& vbNewLine & "Is it possible for a word within a line to be bold?"
_
& vbNewLine & " " _
& vbNewLine & "Thank you" _
& vbNewLine & " " _
& vbNewLine & "Francis Hookham" _
, 64, "Bold query")
End Sub

No, you can use upper case/lower case characters, but that is all the
formatted allowed to the font in a MsgBox.
--
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
(Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)


"Francis Hookham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Sub MsgTest()
StartMessage = MsgBox("Can this line of text be bold" _
& vbNewLine & "while other lines are plain" _
& vbNewLine & "and others italic?" _
& vbNewLine & " " _
& vbNewLine & "Is it possible for a word within a line to be bold?"
_
& vbNewLine & " " _
& vbNewLine & "Thank you" _
& vbNewLine & " " _
& vbNewLine & "Francis Hookham" _
, 64, "Bold query")
End Sub

Thanks Jim - what a pity - it would be helpful to be able to emphasise text
occasionally without having to capitalise which I don't like to use.



Best wishes

Francis

"Jim Cone" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> No, you can use upper case/lower case characters, but that is all the
> formatted allowed to the font in a MsgBox.
> --
> Jim Cone
> San Francisco, USA
> http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware
> (Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming)
>
>
> "Francis Hookham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sub MsgTest()
> StartMessage = MsgBox("Can this line of text be bold" _
> & vbNewLine & "while other lines are plain" _
> & vbNewLine & "and others italic?" _
> & vbNewLine & " " _
> & vbNewLine & "Is it possible for a word within a line to be bold?"
> _
> & vbNewLine & " " _
> & vbNewLine & "Thank you" _
> & vbNewLine & " " _
> & vbNewLine & "Francis Hookham" _
> , 64, "Bold query")
> End Sub
>
>