Font.Italic Property

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True if the font or range is formatted as italic. Read/write Long.

Syntax

expression.Italic

expression   A variable that represents a Font object.

Remarks

This property returns True, False or wdUndefined (a mixture of True and False). Can be set to True, False, or wdToggle.

Example

This example checks the selection for italic formatting and removes any that it finds.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then
    mySel = Selection.Font.Italic
    If mySel = wdUndefined or mySel = True Then
        MsgBox "there is italic text in selection. " _
            & "Click OK to remove."
        Selection.Font.Italic = False
    Else
        MsgBox "No italic text in the selection."
    End If
Else
    MsgBox "You need to select some text."
End If

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