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How to make only part of a cell bold in Microsoft Excel

by Erez Zukerman on January 10, 2011 at 12:30 PM

This week's series of tips will be focusing on handy little features for Microsoft Excel and Word. To see the previous tips, check our Tips index.

By default, when you click a cell in Excel and hit Ctrl+B or the B button on the toolbar, the entire text of the cell becomes bold. However, sometimes you may want to make just part of the text bold, and not the whole thing.

To do this, simply start editing the cell by hitting F2. Select the text you'd like to make bold, and hit Ctrl+B. This will make only this part of the cell bold.

You can use this same technique to color specific words in the cell: Select one or two words while editing a cell, and use the Font Color button to change their color.

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Nakul SharmaJan 10th 2011 11:24PM

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or you can also double click on the cell alternative to F2 (however in both cases the cell where text starts should be selected)

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King AntoniusJan 11th 2011 1:18AM

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I came so close to saying something to the effect of " Tip? EVERYONE knows that!", then my brother called me and asked how to underline text, and at that point I found out he had no idea how to italicize or bold either. In a sense, his call sorta stopped me from accidentally being a bit of a douche so keep the tips comin, and I'll think longer before I post a comment. LOL.

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