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Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 1, 2015)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Mark asked if there is a way to apply character-level formatting (bold, italic, etc.) to text that is stored in a custom document property. The short answer is that there is no way to do this. There is, however, a way to apply formatting the field used to insert the document property into the body of your document. Follow these steps:
The above steps result in the document property being formatted with the same characteristic that you applied to the first character in step 3. If the document property has more than one word in it, you should realize that the formatting will only be applied to the first word in the result.
This, of course, won't help you if you need a more granular level of formatting. For instance, if the document property is a single-word company trademark and the first four characters are in regular type and the last five are in bold, then that level of formatting cannot be done through either document properties or in the field used to insert the document property.
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2016-04-22 08:46:40
marais
Try perhaps to go to the developer tab and selecting the text and clicking design mode and then apply the changes you want
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