Making Certain Text Bold In Excel VBA - vba

Question

I am exporting an excel table into word using VBA. The word document has one bookmark. The code is such that first it writes the TYPE as the heading and then write all the description under that TYPE. I want the headings to be bold and formatted. I have the following code but it does not work. If anyone could suggest something.
If Dir(strPath & "\" & strFileName) <> "" Then
'Word Document open
On Error Resume Next
Set objWDApp = GetObject(, "Word.Application")
If objWDApp Is Nothing Then Set objWDApp = CreateObject("Word.Application")
With objWDApp
.Visible = True 'Or True, if Word is to be indicated
.Documents.Open (strPath & "\" & strFileName)
Set objRng = objWDApp.ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("Bookmark").Range
.Styles.Add ("Heading")
.Styles.Add ("Text")
With .Styles("Heading").Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 12
.Bold = True
.Underline = True
End With
With .Styles("Text").Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 10
.Bold = False
.Underline = False
End With
End With
On Error GoTo 0
i = Start_Cell
idx(1) = i
n = 2
Do ' Search for first empty cell in the table
i = i + 1
If i > Start_Cell + 1 And Cells(i, QB_Type).Value = Cells(i - 1, QB_Type) Then GoTo Loop1
idx(n) = i
n = n + 1
Loop1:
Loop Until IsEmpty(Cells(i + 1, QB_Type).Value)
idxEnd = i
idx(n) = 9999
i = Start_Cell
n = 1
Do
If i = idx(n) Then
strTMP = vbNewLine & vbNewLine & Cells(idx(n), QB_Type).Value & vbNewLine
With objWDApp
'.Selection.Font.Bold = True 'Type Bold (Doesnt Functions!?)
.Selection.Styles ("Heading") 'I tried this as well but not functioning...gives an error here that object does not support this property
WriteToWord objRng, strTMP 'Text written
End With
n = n + 1
End If
strTMP = vbNewLine & Cells(i, QB_Description).Value & vbNewLine
With objWDApp
' .Selection.Font.Bold = False 'Description Not bold (Not functioning!?)
.Selection.Styles("Text") 'This is also not functioning
WriteToWord objRng, strTMP 'Text written
End With
i = i + 1 'Arbeitspunktzähler erhöhen
Loop Until i > idxEnd
Public Sub WriteToWord(objRng, text)
With objRng
.InsertAfter text
End With
End Sub

Answer 1

Try .Selection.Style.Name = "Heading" from here
Edit 2
The following code works as expected. You will need to modify it to fit your needs. I successfully added and then bolded text to an existing word document.
Option Explicit
Public Sub Test()
' Add a reference to Microsoft Word x.0 Object Library for early binding and syntax support
Dim w As Word.Application
If (w Is Nothing) Then Set w = New Word.Application
Dim item As Word.Document, doc As Word.Document
' If the document is already open, just get a reference to it
For Each item In w.Documents
If (item.FullName = "C:\Path\To\Test.docx") Then
Set doc = item
Exit For
End If
Next
' Else, open the document
If (doc Is Nothing) Then Set doc = w.Documents.Open("C:\Path\To\Test.docx")
' Force change Word's default read-only/protected view
doc.ActiveWindow.View = wdNormalView
' Delete the preexisting style to avoid an error of duplicate entry next time this is run
' Could also check if the style exists by iterating through all styles. Whichever method works for you
doc.Styles.item("MyStyle").Delete
doc.Styles.Add "MyStyle"
With doc.Styles("MyStyle").Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 12
.Bold = True
.Underline = wdUnderlineSingle
End With
' Do your logic to put text where you need it
doc.Range.InsertAfter "This is another Heading"
' Now find that same text you just added to the document, and bold it.
With doc.Content.Find
.Text = "This is another Heading"
.Execute
If (.Found) Then .Parent.Bold = True
End With
' Make sure to dispose of the objects. This can cause issues when the macro gets out mid way, causing a file lock on the document
doc.Close
Set doc = Nothing
w.Quit
Set w = Nothing
End Sub
By adding a reference to the object library, you can get intellisense support and compilation errors. It would help you determine earlier in development that Styles is not a valid property off the Word.Application object.