Partial bold formatting of content control

kevinbradley57 · #1 05-21-2018, 02:58 PM

Is there a way to format just part of a drop-down content control so the text is bold? For example, we want the user to select a name from the drop-down, and the last name to be in bold text.

Guessed · #2 05-21-2018, 04:42 PM

If it was a Rich Text Content Control the answer would be Yes.

But a combobox CC is not that flexible AFAIK

macropod · #3 05-21-2018, 05:10 PM

It can be done via a ContentControlOnExit macro, but it's hardly intuitive:

Code:

Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal CCtrl As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean)
With CCtrl
  .Type = wdContentControlRichText
  .Range.Font.Bold = False
  .Range.Words.First.Font.Bold = True
  .Type = wdContentControlDropdownList
End With
End Sub

Guessed · #4 05-21-2018, 06:09 PM

Very clever Paul

It even retains the list entries despite converting to Rich Text and then back again so it looks robust enough to use. The user will likely need to modify the macro to restrict it to just that particular CC.

gmayor · #5 05-21-2018, 07:56 PM

If there is more than one control in the document then it must be limited to the control either by checking against the current control's title or tag. It is also advisable to check whether the control is showing the placeholder text e.g.

Code:

Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal CCtrl As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean)
    With CCtrl
        If CCtrl.Title = "Names" Then    'the name of the control
            If CCtrl.ShowingPlaceholderText = False Then
                .Type = wdContentControlRichText
                .Range.Font.Bold = False
                .Range.Words.First.Font.Bold = True
                .Type = wdContentControlDropdownList
            Else
                .Range.Font.Bold = False
            End If
        End If
    End With
End Sub

macropod · #6 05-21-2018, 09:22 PM

Do note that the demo code I posted (merely as a proof-of-concept) bolds the first word, but the OP wants the last word bolded...

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