Font.Italic property (Publisher)

Returns or sets an MsoTriState constant indicating whether the specified text is formatted as italic. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.Italic

expression A variable that represents a Font object.

Return value

MsoTriState

Remarks

The Italic property value can be one of the MsoTriState constants declared in the Microsoft Office type library and shown in the following table.

Constant	Description
msoFalse	None of the characters in the range are formatted as italic.
msoTriStateMixed	A return value indicating a combination of msoTrue and msoFalse for the specified shape range.
msoTriStateToggle	A set value that switches between msoTrue and msoFalse.
msoTrue	All of the characters in the range are formatted as italic.

Example

This example tests all the text in the second story of the active publication, and if it has some text formatted as italic, it sets all the text to italic. If the text is all italic or all not italic, a message is displayed informing the user that there is no mixed italic formatting.

Sub ItalicStory() 
 
 Dim stf As Font 
 
 Set stf = Application.ActiveDocument.Stories(2).TextRange.Font 
 With stf 
 If .Italic = msoTriStateMixed Then 
 .Italic = msoTrue 
 Else 
 MsgBox "There is no mixed italic formatting in this story." 
 End If 
 End With 
 
End Sub

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