>>Is there any way to control (change) the font characteristics of the
>>text displayed with =MESSAGEBOX ??
>
>George answered your question, but what exactly you're trying to do? There are few files in Download section here, which may help you.

no wanting to do anything exotic - just a little bolding or
font size increase for emphasis on parts of messages.

i know i could just throw up a form with the message and do
any font stuff i need, but don't usually want to go to all
that bother.

also i could create a class similar to =MESSAGEBOX but with
all the extra frills that i want. that might not be a bad idea.
something to do on a rainy day.