Application.ReplaceFormat Property

Syntax

expression.ReplaceFormat

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Example

The following example sets the search criteria to find cells containing Arial, Regular, Size 10 font, replaces their formats with Arial, Bold, Size 8 font, and then calls the Replace method, with the optional arguments of SearchFormat and ReplaceFormat set to True to actually make the changes.

Visual Basic for Applications

Visual Basic for Applications
Sub MakeBold() ' Establish search criteria. With Application.FindFormat.Font .Name = "Arial" .FontStyle = "Regular" .Size = 10 End With ' Establish replacement criteria. With Application.ReplaceFormat.Font .Name = "Arial" .FontStyle = "Bold" .Size = 8 End With ' Notify user. With Application.ReplaceFormat.Font MsgBox .Name & "-" & .FontStyle & "-" & .Size & _ " font is what the search criteria will replace cell formats with." End With ' Make the replacements in the worksheet. Cells.Replace What:="", Replacement:="", _ SearchFormat:=True, ReplaceFormat:=True End Sub

Sub MakeBold() ' Establish search criteria. With Application.FindFormat.Font .Name = "Arial" .FontStyle = "Regular" .Size = 10 End With ' Establish replacement criteria. With Application.ReplaceFormat.Font .Name = "Arial" .FontStyle = "Bold" .Size = 8 End With ' Notify user. With Application.ReplaceFormat.Font MsgBox .Name & "-" & .FontStyle & "-" & .Size & _ " font is what the search criteria will replace cell formats with." End With ' Make the replacements in the worksheet. Cells.Replace What:="", Replacement:="", _ SearchFormat:=True, ReplaceFormat:=True End Sub

replace replace format replaceformat replaceformat property

Sets the replacement criteria to use in replacing cell formats. The replacement criteria is then used in a subsequent call to the Replace method of the Range object.

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