Disable Bold Font by Keystroke?

[komobu]

Hi;



I have numbers in outlook calendar items that I have to add an asterisk to the front and end of it for Barcode reading.

The barcode reader uses the asterisks to tell it where to start and stop reading. If they are not there, it wont read it. So if the number was 123, it will become *123*

When outlook sees the asterisks added, it automatically changes the font to bold. The Bold font changes the width of the vertical lines in the barcode and that screws up the interpretation of the line. So I really need to be able to add the asterisks without the font changing to Bold.

Is there a way to disable this setting in outlook?

Thanks for any help.