Excel VBA Codes to Bold Text in a String (5 Examples)

Changing font styles while working with Microsoft Excel is one of the familiar tasks. We perform this in Excel day-to-day. Changing the font style to bold is one of the simplest tasks. But whenever you have to bold text within a string in Excel, the VBA code will do that for you with ease. Microsoft Excel’s Visual Basic for Application can solve these types of problems.

In this tutorial, you will learn to make a text bold in a string using Excel VBA along with other related problems. It will be on point with suitable examples and proper illustrations. So, stay with us.

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5 VBA Codes to Bold Text in a String in Excel

1. Bold the Whole Text String with Excel VBA

To bold a Text using VBA, we apply Font.Bold property.

The Generic Code:

Have a look at the following dataset:

Here, we have some text strings in the column. We will make them bold using the VBA code. Now, press B on your keyboard to open the Visual Basic Editor window. Next. click on Insert > Module.

Now, to bold Cell B5, type the following code:

Sub bold_string()

Cells(5, 2).Font.Bold = True

End Sub

Here, we used the Cells method to select Cell B5.

Now, run the code and you will see the following:

As you can see, we made the font bold to that text string. Now, you can use the Range method to make it bold. To do that, type the following:

Sub bold_range_string()

Range("B5").Font.Bold = True

End Sub

It will give you the same result:

To make the Range of cells B5:B9 to bold, type the following code:

Sub bold_column()

Range("B5:B9").Font.Bold = True

End Sub

As you can see, we successfully used the VBA code to bold a text string in Excel.

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2. VBA to Bold Partial Text in a String in Excel

Now, you can bold a specific text in a string with Excel VBA. It is an essential task to analyze your dataset. Sometimes, we have to identify some text from the dataset for research purposes. This method will come in handy in a lot of situations in the future.

Have a look at the screenshot:

Here, we the text strings in the column. Now, our goal is to search the string for the text “Computer” and after that bold it in the entire column.

We can solve this by using the following VBA code:

Sub bold_text_in_string()

Dim r As Range

Dim cell As Range

Set r = Range("B5:B10")

text_value = InputBox("Please Enter Text You Want to Search and Bold")

For Each cell In r

If InStr(cell.Text, text_value) Then

  cell.Characters(WorksheetFunction.Find(text_value, cell.Value), Len(text_value)).Font.Bold = True

End If

Next

End Sub

After running the VBA code, you will see the following output:

Type the text you want to search and bold in the String. We want to bold the text “Computer”. After that, click on OK.

As you can see, our VBA code successfully found and made font bold of the text “Computer” from each string in Excel.

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3. Bold Selected Cells of Text or String in Excel

You can bold selected cells of the text and string using the following VBA:

Sub bold_selected_cell()

Dim r As Range

Set r = Selection

r.Font.Bold = True

End Sub

Now, select the cells you want to bold:

After that, press Alt+F8 on your keyboard to open a macro dialog box.

Then, select bold_selected_cells and click on Run.

As you can see, our Excel VBA code bolds the selected cells of text or string in the dataset.

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4. Bold Cells Having Specific Text Using VBA

Now, previously I showed you an example to bold a text in a string using the VBA. In this example, I will show you to bold an entire string having that specific text using the VBA code.

To demonstrate this, I am using the previous dataset:

Here, our goal is to make the entire string bold having the text “Computer” using the VBA.

To do this, type the following VBA code:

Sub bold_entire_string()

Dim r As Range

Dim cell As Range

Set r = Range("B5:B10")

text_value = InputBox("Please Enter Your Desired Text")

For Each cell In r

If InStr(cell.Text, text_value) Then

  cell.Font.Bold = True

End If

Next

End Sub

After running the VBA code, you will see the following output:

Type the text you want to search and bold that entire String. We want to bold the string having the text “Computer”. After that, click on OK.

As you can see, we have successfully used the VBA codes to bold the cells of a string having the specific text in Excel.

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5. Bold Cells Based on IF Condition Using VBA

All the examples I showed you before had the IF conditions in them. We basically made a text or string bold based on specific conditions. Here, I am giving you another example to bold cells based on IF Conditions using Excel VBA.

Have look at the following dataset:

Here we have a dataset of students’ marks. The passing marks in 32. Now, our goal is to determine whether is the student is passed or failed. If someone passes, I will remark them with the text “Passed”. Otherwise, I will remark the with the text “Failed”. Again, I will also bold the cells containing the text “Failed”.

Now, type the following code to perform this:

Sub bold_condition()

Dim cell, rng As Range

Set rng = Range("C5:C10")

For Each cell In rng

    If cell.Value > 32 Then

        cell.Offset(0, 1).Value = "Passed"

    Else

        cell.Offset(0, 1).Value = "Failed"

        cell.Offset(0, 1).Font.Bold = True

    End If

Next cell

End Sub

Now, run the code and you will see the following:

As you can see, our VBA codes worked exactly to bold cells based on IF conditions in Excel.

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Bold Entire Row Using VBA in Excel

We have learned how to bold text in a string with Excel VBA codes in the previous sections. Now we will learn how to bold an entire row using VBA codes.

To make an entire row you can follow two methods:

First, you can use the row number to bold the entire row by using the following code-

Sub bold_entire_row()

Rows(7).Font.Bold = True

End Sub

It will bold the entire row 7.

Or you can select a range of row 7 and make the entire row bold using the EntireRow method:

Sub bold_entire_row2()

Range("B7").EntireRow.Font.Bold = True

End Sub

In both cases, it will have the following output:

Choose any of these methods to make the entire row bold using the VBA in Excel.

VBA to Make First Row Bold

Similar to the previous method, you can make just the first row of text or string bold using the Row number method or the EntireRow method.

Use any of the following code to make your first row bold:

Row Number Method:

Sub bold_first_row()

Rows(1).Font.Bold = True

End Sub

It will bold the entire row 1.

EntireRow Method:

Sub bold_entire_row2()

Range("A1").EntireRow.Font.Bold = True

End Sub

It will also bold the entire row 1.

How to Unbold Text or String Using VBA

Now, if you have read the whole article, you can easily unbold a text, string, or a range of cells. We set the Font.Bold property to True to bold any text string or cell. If you have a text string that is already bold, you can unbold it by setting the Font.Bold property to False.

The Generic Syntax:

Take a look at the following code:

Sub unbold_text()

Range("B5:B10").EntireRow.Font.Bold = False

End Sub

The above VBA code will unbold the specific range of cells:

In this way, you can unbold the text or string with the Excel VBA quite easily.

💬 Things to Remember

✎ To make a text or string bold, select that cell and set Font.Bold to True.

✎ To bold a specific range of cells, use the Range method.

Conclusion

To conclude, I hope this tutorial has provided you with a piece of useful knowledge to bold a text in string in Excel using VBA codes. We recommend you learn and apply all these instructions to your dataset. Download the practice workbook and try these yourself. Also, feel free to give feedback in the comment section. Your valuable feedback keeps us motivated to create tutorials like this.

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