Change default font format in Excel

I have an existing workbook with cell text entries in regular black font. I
want to make a number of additional entries in various cells in this
workbook, and I want all my text entries to be a different font format (bold,
red). Is there a way to do this automatically without highlighting each
entry I make and manually changing the cell format? Thanks.

Michael,

Copy the code below, right-click on your sheet tab, select "View Code" and paste the code in the
window that appears.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
If Target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
If Application.IsText(Target.Value) Then
Target.Font.ColorIndex = 3
Target.Font.Bold = True
End If
End Sub


"Michael Lortz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have an existing workbook with cell text entries in regular black font. I
> want to make a number of additional entries in various cells in this
> workbook, and I want all my text entries to be a different font format (bold,
> red). Is there a way to do this automatically without highlighting each
> entry I make and manually changing the cell format? Thanks.

Michael,

The version below can be switched on by putting RB into cell A1, and turned off by removing the RB
from cell A1. That might be a little more useful.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Static UseRB As Boolean
If Target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
If Target.Address = "$A$1" Then
If Target.Value = "RB" Then
UseRB = True
Else
UseRB = False
End If
Exit Sub
End If
If UseRB And Application.IsText(Target.Value) Then
Target.Font.ColorIndex = 3
Target.Font.Bold = True
End If
End Sub


"Michael Lortz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have an existing workbook with cell text entries in regular black font. I
> want to make a number of additional entries in various cells in this
> workbook, and I want all my text entries to be a different font format (bold,
> red). Is there a way to do this automatically without highlighting each
> entry I make and manually changing the cell format? Thanks.

Bernie,

Thanks very much for your replies--they are great! Is there a way I could
create a button on my toolbar to activate/de-activate this feature instead of
pasting the code in and out or using a cell reference?

Thanks,

Michael

"Bernie Deitrick" wrote:

> Michael,
>
> The version below can be switched on by putting RB into cell A1, and turned off by removing the RB
> from cell A1. That might be a little more useful.
>
> HTH,
> Bernie
> MS Excel MVP
>
>
> Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
> Static UseRB As Boolean
> If Target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
> If Target.Address = "$A$1" Then
> If Target.Value = "RB" Then
> UseRB = True
> Else
> UseRB = False
> End If
> Exit Sub
> End If
> If UseRB And Application.IsText(Target.Value) Then
> Target.Font.ColorIndex = 3
> Target.Font.Bold = True
> End If
> End Sub
>
>
> "Michael Lortz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I have an existing workbook with cell text entries in regular black font. I
> > want to make a number of additional entries in various cells in this
> > workbook, and I want all my text entries to be a different font format (bold,
> > red). Is there a way to do this automatically without highlighting each
> > entry I make and manually changing the cell format? Thanks.
>
>
>