> From VBA how do I make the Highlight button on the Formatting toolbar go down?
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> Thought is would be as simple and logical as:
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> CommandBars("formatting").Controls("Highlight").state = msoButtonDown
Hi Rick,
That control isn't a button (at least in Word2003 it isn't) and doesn't have a State property.
And if it had, it would likely be read-only, and the state would depend on whether or not you have selected highlighted text.
Regards,
Klaus