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How to bold all specific words in a range of cells?

Author Xiaoyang Last modified
bold specifc text

In Excel, the Find and Replace function can help us to find any specific text and give a bold or any other formatting for the entire cells. But, have you ever tried to bold only the specific text in cells not the whole cell as below screenshot shown:

Bold all specific words in a range of cells with VBA code

arrow blue right bubble Bold all specific words in a range of cells with VBA code

The following VBA code may help you to bold only the specific text in a cell content, please do as follows:

1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA code: Bold specific text in a range of cells

Sub FindAndBold()
'Updateby Extendoffice 20160711
    Dim xFind As String
    Dim xCell As Range
    Dim xTxtRg As Range
    Dim xCount As Long
    Dim xLen As Integer
    Dim xStart As Integer
    Dim xRg As Range
    Dim xTxt As String
    On Error Resume Next
    If ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Count > 1 Then
      xTxt = ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.AddressLocal
    Else
      xTxt = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.AddressLocal
    End If
    Set xRg = Application.InputBox("Please select data range:", "Kutools for Excel", xTxt, , , , , 8)
    If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    On Error Resume Next
    Set xTxtRg = Application.Intersect(xRg.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, xlTextValues), xRg)
    If xTxtRg Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "There are no cells with text"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    xFind = Trim(Application.InputBox("What do you want to BOLD?", "Kutools for Excel", , , , , , 2))
    If xFind = "" Then
        MsgBox "No text was listed", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    xLen = Len(xFind)
    For Each xCell In xTxtRg
        xStart = InStr(xCell.Value, xFind)
        Do While xStart > 0
            xCell.Characters(xStart, xLen).Font.Bold = True
            xCount = xCount + 1
            xStart = InStr(xStart + xLen, xCell.Value, xFind)
        Loop
    Next
    If xCount > 0 Then
        MsgBox "number of " & CStr(xCount) & " text be bolded!", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
    Else
        MsgBox "Not find the specific text!", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
    End If
End Sub

3. Then press F5 key to run this code, and a prompt box is popped out to remind you select the data range that you want to bold, see screenshot:

vba code to select data range

4. And then click OK, another box will pop out to remind you entering the specific text that you want to bold only in cells, see screenshot:

enter the text you want to bold

5. After entering the text, please click OK button, and all the text that you specified has been bolded in the selected range, see screenshot:

the specific text is bolded

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