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Controlling the Italic Text Attribute

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated November 16, 2018)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003

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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WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (730) applies to Microsoft Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. You can find a version of this tip for the ribbon interface of Word (Word 2007 and later) here: Controlling the Italic Text Attribute.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more about Allen...

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2014-10-22 15:03:21

Kevin

I think if you are trying just to toggle the italic attribute of text in VBA, the syntax is Selection.Font.Italic = wdToggle. Just leaving the toggle value blank doesn't seem to work for me.

2014-10-22 15:02:46

Kevin

I think if you are trying just to toggle the italic attribute of text in VBA, the syntax is Selection.Font.Italic = wdToggle. Just leaving the toggle value blank doesn't seem to work for me.

2014-10-22 15:02:41

Kevin

I think if you are trying just to toggle the italic attribute of text in VBA, the syntax is Selection.Font.Italic = wdToggle. Just leaving the toggle value blank doesn't seem to work for me.

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