# Kirupa.com - Formatting Textfields

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-formatting-textfields/352220>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 23, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-formatting-textfields/352220 "2014-11-23T02:20:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-formatting-textfields/352220/1 "2014-11-23T02:20:43Z")

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**Bold** The code for displaying Bold formatted text is:

Replace the true with a false if you choose to no longer have bolded text.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/textfield2.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/textfield2.htm)