Hey

I need the formula which tell me that any specific cell contains the text
that text is bold or not, and, italic or not.

is there any formula to check it =ISBOLD(A1)

You can use this VBA function:

Function isbold(a As Range) As Boolean
Application.Volatile
isbold = a.Font.Bold
End Function

There is a problem: Changing the font is not changing the value, so Excel
thinks it is not necessary to recalc the function. You'll have to force a
recalc with F9.

--

Kind Regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

"IMRAN" wrote in message
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Hey

I need the formula which tell me that any specific cell contains the text
that text is bold or not, and, italic or not.

is there any formula to check it =ISBOLD(A1)

"IMRAN" ha scritto nel messaggio
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Hey

I need the formula which tell me that any specific cell contains the text
that text is bold or not, and, italic or not.

is there any formula to check it =ISBOLD(A1)

Ciao IMRAN

you can insert a define name as bold
....that refer to:
=GET.CELL(20,INDIRECT("rc[-1]",FALSE))

In worksheet in A1 you have test
In B1 you type: =bold
that return TRUE or FALSE

This formula is not volatile

ivano

Hi

Where can I read about syntaxes like this? (I use Excel2000) In Excel Help
on keyword GET I got only an entry (VBA Help) about reading data from ASCII
file, and for worksheet function CELL() there is nothing about parameter 20.
The name is working, but I haven't a clue why!


Arvi Laanemets



"ivano" wrote in message
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"IMRAN" ha scritto nel messaggio
...
Hey

I need the formula which tell me that any specific cell contains the
text
that text is bold or not, and, italic or not.

is there any formula to check it =ISBOLD(A1)

Ciao IMRAN

you can insert a define name as bold
...that refer to:
=GET.CELL(20,INDIRECT("rc[-1]",FALSE))

In worksheet in A1 you have test
In B1 you type: =bold
that return TRUE or FALSE

This formula is not volatile

ivano

Hi
just to add: This kind of 'formulas' / defined names could crash Excel
prior to version 2003 if you copy these formulas to other sheets

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany


ivano wrote:
"IMRAN" ha scritto nel messaggio
...
Hey

I need the formula which tell me that any specific cell contains the
text that text is bold or not, and, italic or not.

is there any formula to check it =ISBOLD(A1)

Ciao IMRAN

you can insert a define name as bold
...that refer to:
=GET.CELL(20,INDIRECT("rc[-1]",FALSE))

In worksheet in A1 you have test
In B1 you type: =bold
that return TRUE or FALSE

This formula is not volatile

ivano

I had a hard time finding this at Microsoft's "new and improved" help site.
Fortunately, I had a copy...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;128185

You may be interested in this...

Excel 2000 Help File: Running Excel 4.0 Macros

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

HTH
--
Dana DeLouis
Win XP & Office 2003


"Arvi Laanemets" wrote in message
...
Hi

Where can I read about syntaxes like this? (I use Excel2000) In Excel Help
on keyword GET I got only an entry (VBA Help) about reading data from
ASCII
file, and for worksheet function CELL() there is nothing about parameter
20.
The name is working, but I haven't a clue why!


Arvi Laanemets



"ivano" wrote in message
...

"IMRAN" ha scritto nel messaggio
...
Hey

I need the formula which tell me that any specific cell contains the
text
that text is bold or not, and, italic or not.

is there any formula to check it =ISBOLD(A1)

Ciao IMRAN

you can insert a define name as bold
...that refer to:
=GET.CELL(20,INDIRECT("rc[-1]",FALSE))

In worksheet in A1 you have test
In B1 you type: =bold
that return TRUE or FALSE

This formula is not volatile

ivano

Arvi,

Do a search on Google for a file called Macrofun.hlp. This explains all the
XML macros.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Arvi Laanemets" wrote in message
...
Hi

Where can I read about syntaxes like this? (I use Excel2000) In Excel Help
on keyword GET I got only an entry (VBA Help) about reading data from
ASCII
file, and for worksheet function CELL() there is nothing about parameter
20.
The name is working, but I haven't a clue why!


Arvi Laanemets



"ivano" wrote in message
...

"IMRAN" ha scritto nel messaggio
...
Hey

I need the formula which tell me that any specific cell contains the
text
that text is bold or not, and, italic or not.

is there any formula to check it =ISBOLD(A1)

Ciao IMRAN

you can insert a define name as bold
...that refer to:
=GET.CELL(20,INDIRECT("rc[-1]",FALSE))

In worksheet in A1 you have test
In B1 you type: =bold
that return TRUE or FALSE

This formula is not volatile

ivano

Thanks!


Arvi Laanemets


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Arvi,

Do a search on Google for a file called Macrofun.hlp. This explains all
the
XML macros.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Arvi Laanemets" wrote in message
...
Hi

Where can I read about syntaxes like this? (I use Excel2000) In Excel
Help
on keyword GET I got only an entry (VBA Help) about reading data from
ASCII
file, and for worksheet function CELL() there is nothing about parameter
20.
The name is working, but I haven't a clue why!


Arvi Laanemets



"ivano" wrote in message
...

"IMRAN" ha scritto nel messaggio
...
Hey

I need the formula which tell me that any specific cell contains the
text
that text is bold or not, and, italic or not.

is there any formula to check it =ISBOLD(A1)

Ciao IMRAN

you can insert a define name as bold
...that refer to:
=GET.CELL(20,INDIRECT("rc[-1]",FALSE))

In worksheet in A1 you have test
In B1 you type: =bold
that return TRUE or FALSE

This formula is not volatile

ivano

"Frank Kabel" ha scritto nel messaggio
...
Hi
just to add: This kind of 'formulas' / defined names could crash Excel
prior to version 2003 if you copy these formulas to other sheets


Can you tell me about this problem? there's link to explain defined names
crash Excel ?
Thank very much
ivano

AFAIAA there is no documentation on this problem, but this previous post
from Harlan Grove sums it up nicely...

One thing the nice KB article DOESN'T mention is that if you copy any range
containing a cell formula dereferencing a defined name referring to an XLM
macro function and try to paste into another worksheet, you'll CRASH Excel
97 and 2K (others have confirmed that this has been fixed in XP). CRASH as
in Excel throws an exception and DIES, giving you NO CHANCE to save your
work. If you like unnecessary thrills, go for it. Otherwise wrap your XLM
calls inside VBA udfs (or dispense with XLM entirely and just use VBA udfs).

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"ivano" wrote in message
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"Frank Kabel" ha scritto nel messaggio
...
Hi
just to add: This kind of 'formulas' / defined names could crash Excel
prior to version 2003 if you copy these formulas to other sheets


Can you tell me about this problem? there's link to explain defined names
crash Excel ?
Thank very much
ivano