Bold and italic text

The following example shows you how to format text as bold, italic, and bold-italic.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

            // Bold text
            Run boldRun = new Run();
            boldRun.AddText("This text is bold. ");
            boldRun.Bold = ExtendedBoolean.True;

            // Italic text
            Run italicRun = new Run();
            italicRun.AddText("This text is italic. ");
            italicRun.Italic = ExtendedBoolean.True;

            // Bold and italic text
            Run boldItalicRun = new Run();
            boldItalicRun.AddText("This text is bold and italic. ");
            boldItalicRun.Bold = ExtendedBoolean.True;
            boldItalicRun.Italic = ExtendedBoolean.True;

            // Normal text
            Run normalRun = new Run();
            normalRun.AddText("This text is normal.");

            Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
            paragraph.Add(boldRun);
            paragraph.Add(italicRun);
            paragraph.Add(boldItalicRun);
            paragraph.Add(normalRun);

            doc.Body.Add(paragraph);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument()

        ' Bold text
        Dim boldRun As Run = New Run()
        boldRun.AddText("This text is bold. ")
        boldRun.Bold = ExtendedBoolean.True

        ' Italic text
        Dim italicRun As Run = New Run()
        italicRun.AddText("This text is italic. ")
        italicRun.Italic = ExtendedBoolean.True

        ' Bold and italic text
        Dim boldItalicRun As Run = New Run()
        boldItalicRun.AddText("This text is bold and italic. ")
        boldItalicRun.Bold = ExtendedBoolean.True
        boldItalicRun.Italic = ExtendedBoolean.True

        ' Normal text
        Dim normalRun As Run = New Run()
        normalRun.AddText("This text is normal.")

        Dim paragraph As Paragraph = New Paragraph()
        paragraph.Add(boldRun)
        paragraph.Add(italicRun)
        paragraph.Add(boldItalicRun)
        paragraph.Add(normalRun)

        doc.Body.Add(paragraph)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.docx", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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