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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 5, 2022)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
Word allows a rich set of formatting attributes for text in a document. You can control the italic attribute in your macros by setting the value of the italic property. The syntax if you are using VBA is as follows:
Selection.Font.Italic = toggle
where toggle is either False (turns off the italic attribute) or True (turns on the italic attribute).
If you omit a toggle value, the statement will simply change the current setting of the italic attribute—italic text becomes non-italic and vice-versa.
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2020-08-24 09:42:56
Andrew
Even, a couple of thoughts:
The simplest way is to sprinkle "MsgBox [text]" commands in your code where needed--this will both display text and pause the macro.
A second way to display text without interrupting the macro is using "debug.print [text]" which will "print" the text to the immediate window. And you can pause the macro by adding breakpoints to specific lines in your code in the debugger.
andy.
2020-08-23 20:19:59
I wish to activate WriteLine() without actually printing to the document. I am finding this almost impossible! Word does not recognize this command.
Also I wish to PAUSE macros that have a step-by-step procedure that I wish to see execute. WAIT and PAUSE do not seem to be recognizable to VB/or am I wrong????
Please, help me if you can?
evan be fitzGeralD.
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