In addition to Garrets advice - if storage is not a problem, you could save the entire word document, with all the format controls - in a "general" field!

>Hi friends!
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>Im working on a system that allows the user to save any type of letters and documents in VFP tables; then, when the user needs a copy of some letter, just select it and the program build it in MS-Word like a new documwnt, via automation.
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>Everything works fine till this point, but now, they ask me to save some attributes for the letter, like bold and italics, in the text body. Text body is saved in a memo field of a table. Any idea of what can I do?
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>Thanks in advance!