Options.AutoFormatReplacePlainTextEmphasis property (Word)
True if manual emphasis characters are replaced with character formatting when Word formats a document or range automatically. For example, "bold" is changed to "bold" and "underline" is changed to "underline." Read/write Boolean.
Syntax
expression. AutoFormatReplacePlainTextEmphasis
expression A variable that represents an Options object.
Example
This example turns on the replacement of manual emphasis characters with character formatting
Options.AutoFormatReplacePlainTextEmphasis = True
Selection.Range.AutoFormat
This example returns the status of the Bold and underline with real formatting option on the AutoFormat tab in the AutoCorrect dialog box (Tools menu).
Dim blnAutoFormat as Boolean
blnAutoFormat = Options.AutoFormatReplacePlainTextEmphasis
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