I have a script that compiles a list into a global field. The first line in that field is a headline that I would like to make bold automatically. The only way I have come up with doing this is a through a paste from another field that leaves the Style on what it is pasting in. However, it seems like a waste of a field to only have one constant word in it merely to make a bold headline.

so, the question is (finally) is there anyway to control formatting of text in a field (ideally) through a script or in a calculated field?

As you might have guessed from the lack of response, FileMaker does not supply scriping of text formatting. The solution you've come up with is a good one.

Chuck